Athlon X4 970 vs Xeon W-2104

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-2104 and Athlon X4 970 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1431	1958
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.14	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon W	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	29 August 2017 (6 years ago)	27 July 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$255	no data
Current price	$209 (0.8x MSRP)	$59

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2104 and Athlon X4 970 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	4 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8.25 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	484 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	66 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	66 °C	74 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2104 and Athlon X4 970 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	1
Socket	FCLGA2066	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2104 and Athlon X4 970. 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	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon W-2104 and Athlon X4 970 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2104 and Athlon X4 970 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
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-2104 and Athlon X4 970. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	512 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2104 and Athlon X4 970.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

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.

Xeon W-2104 outperforms Athlon X4 970 by 113% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.65	1.71
Recency	29 August 2017	27 July 2017
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	65 Watt

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