Xeon Gold 5403N vs Athlon X2 QL-60

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series2x AMD Athlonno data
Architecture codenameLion (2008−2009)no data
Release date3 June 2008 (16 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads224
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache1 MBno data
L3 cache0 KB22.5 MB
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N 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 configuration1no data
SocketS1FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD VirtualizationIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512, Intel® AVX
AES-NI-+
PowerNow+-
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N 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 X2 QL-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N 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 X2 QL-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4000
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N.

PCIe versionno data4
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2008 1 October 2023
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 24
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 115 Watt

Athlon X2 QL-60 has 228.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5403N, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, and 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon X2 QL-60 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5403N is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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