Athlon 1200 vs Xeon W-2102

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-2102 and Athlon 1200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1598	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.16	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon W	no data
Power efficiency	2.52	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Thunderbird C (2000−2001)
Release date	29 August 2017 (7 years ago)	October 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$202	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2102 and Athlon 1200 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	4 (Quad-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	4	1
Base clock speed	2.9 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.9 GHz	1.2 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	29	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	256 KB
L3 cache	8.25 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	180 nm
Die size	484 mm2	120 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	66 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	37 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2102 and Athlon 1200 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA2066	A
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	66 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2102 and Athlon 1200. 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	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Xeon W-2102 and Athlon 1200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	-	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2102 and Athlon 1200 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 W-2102 and Athlon 1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400	DDR1
Maximum memory size	512 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.805 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2102 and Athlon 1200.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	4	1
Threads	4	1
Chip lithography	14 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	66 Watt

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