Xeon Gold 6328HL vs Athlon II N330

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II N330 and Xeon Gold 6328HL processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Athlon II	no data
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$9	no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon II N330 and Xeon Gold 6328HL 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	2 (Dual-core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	2	32
Base clock speed	no data	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	4.3 GHz
Bus support	3200 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	22 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	117.5 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	234 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II N330 and Xeon Gold 6328HL 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	no data	4
Socket	S1	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II N330 and Xeon Gold 6328HL. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR3-1066 memory controller, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
VirusProtect	+	no data
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	no data	+
Status	no data	Launched

Security technologies

Athlon II N330 and Xeon Gold 6328HL 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 Athlon II N330 and Xeon Gold 6328HL are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II N330 and Xeon Gold 6328HL. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size	no data	4.5 TB
Max memory channels	no data	6
ECC memory support	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II N330 and Xeon Gold 6328HL.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 May 2010	6 April 2021
Physical cores	2	16
Threads	2	32
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	165 Watt

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