Athlon 3000G vs Xeon Gold 6138T
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6138T outperforms Athlon 3000G by a whopping 358% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 739 | 1907 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.75 | 5.27 |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | AMD Athlon |
| Power efficiency | 3.92 | 3.06 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Zen+ (2018−2019) |
| Release date | 25 April 2017 (8 years ago) | 21 November 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,742 | $49 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Athlon 3000G has 603% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6138T.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 6138T and Athlon 3000G 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 | 20 (Icosa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 40 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Multiplier | 20 | 35 |
| L1 cache | 1.25 MB | 96K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 20 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 27.5 MB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | no data | 209.78 mm2? |
| Maximum core temperature | 94 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6138T and Athlon 3000G 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 | 4 (Multiprocessor) | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6138T and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 6138T and Athlon 3000G 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 Gold 6138T and Athlon 3000G 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 Gold 6138T and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | 64 GB? |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 128.001 GB/s | 42.671 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6138T and Athlon 3000G.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 6 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 11.58 | 2.53 |
| Recency | 25 April 2017 | 21 November 2019 |
| Physical cores | 20 | 2 |
| Threads | 40 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 35 Watt |
Xeon Gold 6138T has a 357.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 900% more physical cores and 900% more threads.
Athlon 3000G, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 257.1% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon Gold 6138T is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon 3000G in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 6138T is a server/workstation processor while Athlon 3000G is a desktop one.
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