Xeon Platinum 8593Q vs Athlon II X2 235e

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X2 235e and Xeon Platinum 8593Q processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2741not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.49no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency1.43no data
Architecture codenameRegor (2009−2013)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date20 October 2009 (15 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$84$12,400

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X2 235e and Xeon Platinum 8593Q 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)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads2128
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache128 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB320 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size117 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data60 °C
Number of transistors410 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 235e and Xeon Platinum 8593Q 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 configuration12
SocketAM3FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt385 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 235e and Xeon Platinum 8593Q. 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-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon II X2 235e and Xeon Platinum 8593Q 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 II X2 235e and Xeon Platinum 8593Q 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 X2 235e and Xeon Platinum 8593Q. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5 @ 5600 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 235e and Xeon Platinum 8593Q.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 October 2009 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 64
Threads 2 128
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 385 Watt

Athlon II X2 235e has 755.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8593Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, and 3100% more physical cores and 6300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II X2 235e and Xeon Platinum 8593Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon II X2 235e is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8593Q is a server/workstation one.


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