Athlon Silver 7120U vs Xeon Platinum 8276L

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8276L and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1925
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiencyno data12.45
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$16,616no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8276L and Athlon Silver 7120U 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 cores28 (Octacosa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads562
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache1.75 MB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache28 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache38.5 MB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data100 mm2
Maximum core temperature89 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8276L and Athlon Silver 7120U 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA3647FP6
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8276L and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
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
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8276L and Athlon Silver 7120U 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 Platinum 8276L and Athlon Silver 7120U 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 Platinum 8276L and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size4.5 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8276L and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes484

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 20 September 2022
Physical cores 28 2
Threads 56 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8276L has 1300% more physical cores and 2700% more threads.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 1000% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8276L and Athlon Silver 7120U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Platinum 8276L is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Silver 7120U is a notebook one.


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