Xeon w5-2455X vs Athlon 600

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 600 and Xeon w5-2455X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated210
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data62.29
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiencyno data11.27
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date29 November 1999 (24 years ago)15 February 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$615$1,039

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 600 and Xeon w5-2455X 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 cores1 (Single-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads124
Base clock speedno data3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed0.6 GHz4.6 GHz
L1 cache128 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB30 MB
Chip lithography180 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size102 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °C77 °C
Number of transistors22 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 600 and Xeon w5-2455X 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 configuration11
SocketAFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt200 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 600 and Xeon w5-2455X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon 600 and Xeon w5-2455X technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 600 and Xeon w5-2455X are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 600 and Xeon w5-2455X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data2 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 600 and Xeon w5-2455X.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 November 1999 15 February 2023
Physical cores 1 12
Threads 1 24
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 200 Watt

Athlon 600 has 614.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon w5-2455X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 23 years, and 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 600 and Xeon w5-2455X. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 600 is a desktop processor while Xeon w5-2455X is a server/workstation one.


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