Athlon Silver 3050e vs Xeon E5 1680 v4
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E5 1680 v4 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by a whopping 383% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5-1680 v4 and Athlon Silver 3050e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 836 | 1955 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.32 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon E5 | AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU) |
| Architecture codename | Broadwell-EP (2016) | Dali (Zen) (2020) |
| Release date | 20 June 2016 (8 years ago) | 1 June 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,723 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5-1680 v4 and Athlon Silver 3050e 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 16 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 2.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 34 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 20 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 246.24 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 70 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 3200 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-1680 v4 and Athlon Silver 3050e 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 | FCLGA2011 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 140 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1680 v4 and Athlon Silver 3050e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| PAE | 46 Bit | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | + | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon E5-1680 v4 and Athlon Silver 3050e 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 Silver 3050e are enumerated here.
| 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 Silver 3050e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 1.5 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 4 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1680 v4 and Athlon Silver 3050e.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 40 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 9.22 | 1.91 |
| Recency | 20 June 2016 | 1 June 2020 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 2 |
| Threads | 16 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 140 Watt | 6 Watt |
Xeon E5 1680 v4 has a 382.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.
Athlon Silver 3050e, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 2233.3% lower power consumption.
The Xeon E5 1680 v4 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050e in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon E5 1680 v4 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Silver 3050e is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5 1680 v4 and Athlon Silver 3050e, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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