Athlon Gold 3150G vs Xeon X5460

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2323	1556
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.03	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	0.52	2.56
Designer	Intel	AMD
Manufacturer	Intel	GlobalFoundries
Architecture codename	Harpertown (2007−2008)	Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date	11 November 2007 (17 years ago)	21 July 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,172	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5460 and Athlon Gold 3150G 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	3.16 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.17 GHz	3.9 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	96 KB (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB (per die)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	12 MB L2 Cache	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	12 nm
Die size	2x 107 mm2	210 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	63 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	820 million	4,940 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.35V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5460 and Athlon Gold 3150G 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	1
Socket	LGA771	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5460 and Athlon Gold 3150G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FSB parity	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon X5460 and Athlon Gold 3150G 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 X5460 and Athlon Gold 3150G are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5460 and Athlon Gold 3150G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard

DDR4-2933

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 X5460 and Athlon Gold 3150G.

PCIe version

2.0

4.0

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.47	3.94
Recency	11 November 2007	21 July 2020
Chip lithography	45 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	65 Watt

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