Ryzen 3 8300G vs Xeon E7-2820

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-2820 and Ryzen 3 8300G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon E7	no data
Architecture codename	Westmere (2010−2011)	Phoenix2 (2024)
Release date	5 April 2011 (13 years ago)	8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,334	$176

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-2820 and Ryzen 3 8300G basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	8 (Octa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	16	8
Base clock speed	2 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.27 GHz	4.9 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	5.86 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	15	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	18 MB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	4 nm
Die size	513 mm2	137 mm2
Maximum core temperature	64 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2600 Million	20,900 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-2820 and Ryzen 3 8300G compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	2 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	LGA1567	AM5
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-2820 and Ryzen 3 8300G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-2820 and Ryzen 3 8300G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-2820 and Ryzen 3 8300G are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-2820 and Ryzen 3 8300G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066	DDR5
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.113 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 740M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-2820 and Ryzen 3 8300G.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	14

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 April 2011	8 January 2024
Physical cores	8	4
Threads	16	8
Chip lithography	32 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	65 Watt

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