Sempron 3600+ vs Xeon Gold 5117

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5117 and Sempron 3600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking771not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency8.97no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Manila (2001−2006)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)May 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$12

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5117 and Sempron 3600+ 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads281
Base clock speed2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2 GHz
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache896 KB128 KB
L2 cache14 MB256K
L3 cache19.25 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data103 mm2
Number of transistorsno data81 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5117 and Sempron 3600+ 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA3647AM2
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt62 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5117 and Sempron 3600+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5117 and Sempron 3600+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5117 and Sempron 3600+ are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5117 and Sempron 3600+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400no data
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5117 and Sempron 3600+.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Gold 5117 15816
+4245%
Sempron 3600+ 364

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 14 1
Threads 28 1
Chip lithography 14 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 62 Watt

Xeon Gold 5117 has 1300% more physical cores and 2700% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

Sempron 3600+, on the other hand, has 69.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5117 and Sempron 3600+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 5117 is a server/workstation processor while Sempron 3600+ is a desktop one.


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