Xeon Silver 4516Y vs Athlon X4 730

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X4 730 and Xeon Silver 4516Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2195not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency2.08no data
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)no data
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X4 730 and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads448
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache192Kno data
L2 cache4 MB (shared)no data
L3 cacheno data45 MB
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data81 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,303 millionno data
64 bit support+-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X4 730 and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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
SocketFM2FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 730 and Xeon Silver 4516Y. 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++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon X4 730 and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 X4 730 and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 X4 730 and Xeon Silver 4516Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1866DDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X4 730 and Xeon Silver 4516Y.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 October 2012 1 October 2023
Physical cores 4 24
Threads 4 48
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 185 Watt

Athlon X4 730 has 184.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4516Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, and 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X4 730 and Xeon Silver 4516Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon X4 730 is a desktop processor while Xeon Silver 4516Y is a server/workstation one.


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