Xeon Gold 6538Y vs Athlon 5150

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6538Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2543not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency3.32no data
Architecture codenameKabini (2013−2014)no data
Release date9 April 2014 (10 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6538Y 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads464
Base clock speedno data2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache2048 KBno data
L3 cacheno data60 MB
Chip lithography28 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature76 °C79 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)90 °Cno data
64 bit support+-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6538Y 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 configuration1no data
SocketAM1FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6538Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
AVX+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6538Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6538Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6538Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1600DDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channels18
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R3 Graphicsno data
Number of pipelines128no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6538Y integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6538Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6538Y.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes480

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 April 2014 1 October 2023
Physical cores 4 32
Threads 4 64
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 225 Watt

Athlon 5150 has 800% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6538Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, and 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6538Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 5150 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6538Y is a server/workstation one.


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