Xeon E-2486 vs Athlon X4 970

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X4 970 and Xeon E-2486 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2055not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency2.43no data
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date27 July 2017 (7 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$506

Detailed specifications

Athlon X4 970 and Xeon E-2486 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed3.8 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz5.6 GHz
Bus rateno data16 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size246 mm2163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X4 970 and Xeon E-2486 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 configuration11
SocketAM4FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 970 and Xeon E-2486. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+

Security technologies

Athlon X4 970 and Xeon E-2486 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X4 970 and Xeon E-2486 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 970 and Xeon E-2486. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X4 970 and Xeon E-2486.

PCIe versionno data5
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 July 2017 14 December 2023
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt

Athlon X4 970 has 46.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2486, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X4 970 and Xeon E-2486. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon X4 970 is a desktop processor while Xeon E-2486 is a server/workstation one.


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