Athlon Silver 3050U vs Xeon E3-1265L v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1265L v2 and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1586	1964
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.76	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency	6.81	11.91
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$142	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1265L v2 and Athlon Silver 3050U 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	23
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	160 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1265L v2 and Athlon Silver 3050U 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	1	no data
Socket	FCLGA1155	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1265L v2 and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	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
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
FDI	+	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1265L v2 and Athlon Silver 3050U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1265L v2 and Athlon Silver 3050U 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 Xeon E3-1265L v2 and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	32.77 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics 2500	AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.15 GHz	no data
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1265L v2 and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

3

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1265L v2 and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.36	1.96
Recency	14 May 2012	6 January 2020
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt

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