Xeon E-2456 vs Athlon II M360

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II M360 and Xeon E-2456 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated475
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data93.22
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Athlon IIno data
Power efficiencyno data17.70
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$375

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II M360 and Xeon E-2456 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 cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHz16 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M360 and Xeon E-2456 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 configurationno data1
SocketSocket S1 (S1g3)FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M360 and Xeon E-2456. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD VirtualizationIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Athlon II M360 and Xeon E-2456 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II M360 and Xeon E-2456 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M360 and Xeon E-2456. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II M360 and Xeon E-2456.

PCIe versionno data5
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2009 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 80 Watt

Athlon II M360 has 128.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2456, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II M360 and Xeon E-2456. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon II M360 is a notebook processor while Xeon E-2456 is a server/workstation one.


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