Athlon 300U vs Xeon E5-2420

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2420
2012
6 cores / 12 threads, 95 Watt
3.29
+30%

Xeon E5-2420 outperforms Athlon 300U by a substantial 30% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2420 and Athlon 300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking15991752
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.96no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Athlon
Power efficiency3.1615.38
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EN (2012)Raven Ridge 2 (2019)
Release date14 May 2012 (12 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$390no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2420 and Athlon 300U 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads124
Base clock speed1.9 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Bus rate7.2 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache15360 KB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size294 mm2209.78 mm2
Number of transistors1,270 million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2420 and Athlon 300U 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 configuration21 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1356FP5
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2420 and Athlon 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2420 and Athlon 300U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2420 and Athlon 300U 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 E5-2420 and Athlon 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size384 GB64 GB
Max memory channels32
Maximum memory bandwidth32 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2420 and Athlon 300U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes2412

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Xeon E5-2420 3.29
+30%
Athlon 300U 2.53

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E5-2420 5033
+30.2%
Athlon 300U 3867

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.29 2.53
Recency 14 May 2012 6 January 2019
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon E5-2420 has a 30% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

Athlon 300U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5-2420 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 300U in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2420 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon 300U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-2420 and Athlon 300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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