Athlon 900 vs Xeon Silver 4114
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1135 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.22 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Xeon Silver | no data |
| Power efficiency | 9.37 | no data |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Thunderbird (1999−2000) |
| Release date | 11 July 2017 (8 years ago) | 6 March 2000 (25 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $694 | $899 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Silver 4114 and Athlon 900 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 | 10 (Deca-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 20 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 0.9 GHz |
| Multiplier | 22 | no data |
| L1 cache | 640 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 10 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 13.75 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | no data | 102 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 78 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 70 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 22 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Silver 4114 and Athlon 900 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 | FCLGA3647 | A |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 60 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4114 and Athlon 900. 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 | + | - |
| 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 |
Security technologies
Xeon Silver 4114 and Athlon 900 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 Silver 4114 and Athlon 900 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 Silver 4114 and Athlon 900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR1 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 115.212 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4114 and Athlon 900.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 July 2017 | 6 March 2000 |
| Physical cores | 10 | 1 |
| Threads | 20 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 60 Watt |
Xeon Silver 4114 has an age advantage of 17 years, 900% more physical cores and 1900% more threads, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon 900, on the other hand, has 41.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Intel Xeon Silver 4114 and AMD Athlon 900. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon Silver 4114 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon 900 is a desktop one.
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