Athlon Gold 3150GE vs Xeon E5 1680 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1680 v4 and Athlon Gold 3150GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking865not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.95no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Power efficiency6.05no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell-EP (2016)Dali (2020)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)21 July 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,723no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1680 v4 and Athlon Gold 3150GE 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads164
Base clock speed3.4 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
Multiplier34no data
L1 cache64K (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache20 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm12 nm
Die size246.24 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °C95 °C
Number of transistors3,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1680 v4 and Athlon Gold 3150GE 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA2011AM4
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1680 v4 and Athlon Gold 3150GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1680 v4 and Athlon Gold 3150GE technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1680 v4 and Athlon Gold 3150GE 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 E5-1680 v4 and Athlon Gold 3150GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1.5 TBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1680 v4 and Athlon Gold 3150GE.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 21 July 2020
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 35 Watt

Xeon E5 1680 v4 has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Athlon Gold 3150GE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 300% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5 1680 v4 and Athlon Gold 3150GE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5 1680 v4 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Gold 3150GE is a desktop one.


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