Athlon Gold 3150U vs Xeon X3450

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X3450 and Athlon Gold 3150U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1911	1651
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.35	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Architecture codename	no data	Dali (Zen)
Release date	1 July 2009 (15 years ago)	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Current price	$197	$446

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon X3450 and Athlon Gold 3150U 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	2.66 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	no data	192 KB
L2 cache	no data	1 MB
L3 cache	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache	4 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	no data	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X3450 and Athlon Gold 3150U 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	no data
Socket	FCLGA1156,LGA1156	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X3450 and Athlon Gold 3150U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	DDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon X3450 and Athlon Gold 3150U 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 X3450 and Athlon Gold 3150U 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 X3450 and Athlon Gold 3150U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333	DDR4
Maximum memory size	32 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X3450 and Athlon Gold 3150U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	12

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.

Athlon Gold 3150U outperforms Xeon X3450 by 41% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.84	2.59
Recency	1 July 2009	7 January 2020
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

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