Xeon 6979P vs Athlon Silver 3050U

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon 6979P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1983not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)no data
Power efficiency11.80no data
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Granite Rapids (2024)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon 6979P 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)120
Threads2240
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache192 KB112 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB504 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm5 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon 6979P 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 data2
SocketFP57529
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon 6979P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon 6979P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon 6979P are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon 6979P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon 6979P.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes1296

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 January 2020 24 September 2024
Physical cores 2 120
Threads 2 240
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 500 Watt

Athlon Silver 3050U has 3233.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon 6979P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 5900% more physical cores and 11900% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon 6979P. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon Silver 3050U is a notebook processor while Xeon 6979P is a server/workstation one.


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