Athlon Gold 7220C vs Xeon E3-1578L v5

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1578L v5 and Athlon Gold 7220C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E3	AMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Architecture codename	Skylake-H (2015−2016)	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	31 May 2016 (8 years ago)	23 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1578L v5 and Athlon Gold 7220C 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	4
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	20	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Die size	171 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	2,300 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1578L v5 and Athlon Gold 7220C 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 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	Intel BGA 1440	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1578L v5 and Athlon Gold 7220C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1578L v5 and Athlon Gold 7220C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

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no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1578L v5 and Athlon Gold 7220C are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1578L v5 and Athlon Gold 7220C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	LPDDR3-1866	no data
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1578L v5 and Athlon Gold 7220C.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	5.24	2.85
Recency	31 May 2016	23 May 2023
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt

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