Xeon w3-2525 vs Athlon PRO 300GE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon w3-2525 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1690not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Athlonno data
Power efficiency7.32no data
Architecture codenameZen+ (2018−2019)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date30 September 2019 (5 years ago)24 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$609

Detailed specifications

Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon w3-2525 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speedno data3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4.5 GHz
Multiplier34no data
L1 cache192 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB22.5 MB
Chip lithography12 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4950 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon w3-2525 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketSocket AM4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt175 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon w3-2525. 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++
FMA+-
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+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon w3-2525 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 PRO 300GE and Xeon w3-2525 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon w3-2525. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size64 GB2 TB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 3N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon w3-2525.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 September 2019 24 August 2024
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 4 16
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 175 Watt

Athlon PRO 300GE has 400% lower power consumption.

Xeon w3-2525, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon w3-2525. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon PRO 300GE is a desktop processor while Xeon w3-2525 is a server/workstation one.


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