Xeon E7-8893 v2 vs Athlon Silver 3050U

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E7-8893 v2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1940	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)	no data
Architecture codename	Dali (Zen) (2020)	no data
Release date	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)	1 January 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E7-8893 v2 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus rate	no data	8 GT/s
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	no data
L3 cache	4 MB	37.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	77 °C
Number of transistors	4500 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E7-8893 v2 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	8
Socket	FP5	FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	155 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E7-8893 v2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	Intel® AVX
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
PAE	no data	46 Bit
Status	no data	Discontinued
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E7-8893 v2 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E7-8893 v2 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E7-8893 v2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size	32 GB	1.5 TB
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	85 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E7-8893 v2.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	32

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 January 2020	1 January 2014
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	155 Watt

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