Athlon Gold 3150U vs Xeon X5470
Aggregate performance score
Athlon Gold 3150U outperforms Xeon X5470 by a substantial 37% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon X5470 and Athlon Gold 3150U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2008 | 1756 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 1.44 | 15.84 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Dali (Zen) (2020) |
| Release date | 1 July 2008 (16 years ago) | 6 January 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon X5470 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 | no data | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | no data | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3.33 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 3.3 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 24 |
| L1 cache | no data | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 12 MB L2 Cache | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 63 °C | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4500 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| VID voltage range | 0.85V-1.35V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon X5470 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.
| Socket | LGA771 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5470 and Athlon Gold 3150U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 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 | - | + |
| 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 |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Xeon X5470 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 X5470 and Athlon Gold 3150U 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 X5470 and Athlon Gold 3150U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 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 ( - 1000 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5470 and Athlon Gold 3150U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 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.
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.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.83 | 2.51 |
| Recency | 1 July 2008 | 6 January 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 15 Watt |
Athlon Gold 3150U has a 37.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 700% lower power consumption.
The Athlon Gold 3150U is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon X5470 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon X5470 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Gold 3150U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon X5470 and Athlon Gold 3150U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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