Athlon 3000G vs Xeon Platinum 8280

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8280 and Athlon 3000G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	264	1672
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.66	5.27
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	AMD Athlon
Power efficiency	9.53	7.63
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake-SP (2018)	Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date	11 December 2018 (5 years ago)	21 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$10,009	$49

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon 3000G has 217% better value for money than Xeon Platinum 8280.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8280 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	28 (Octacosa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	56	4
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Multiplier	27	35
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	38.5 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	209.78 mm2?
Maximum core temperature	84 °C	no data
Number of transistors	8,000 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8280 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	8 (Multiprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8280 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	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8280 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 Platinum 8280 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 Platinum 8280 and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	1 TB	64 GB?
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

AMD Radeon Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8280 and Athlon 3000G.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	20.64	2.82
Recency	11 December 2018	21 November 2019
Physical cores	28	2
Threads	56	4
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	35 Watt

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