Xeon Gold 5403N vs Phenom X3 8550

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Primary details

Comparing Phenom X3 8550 and Xeon Gold 5403N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2718not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.13no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency0.68no data
Architecture codenameToliman (2008)no data
Release dateApril 2008 (16 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$170no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Phenom X3 8550 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 cores3 (Tri-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads324
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache512 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache2 MB (shared)22.5 MB
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size285 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors450 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X3 8550 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
SocketAM2+FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom X3 8550 and Xeon Gold 5403N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512, Intel® AVX
AES-NI-+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Phenom X3 8550 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 Phenom X3 8550 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 Phenom X3 8550 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 Phenom X3 8550 and Xeon Gold 5403N.

PCIe versionno data4
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 3 12
Threads 3 24
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 115 Watt

Phenom X3 8550 has 21.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5403N, on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Phenom X3 8550 and Xeon Gold 5403N. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom X3 8550 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 5403N is a server/workstation one.


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