Athlon Silver 3050GE vs Xeon E5-2450L

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2450L
2012
8 cores / 16 threads, 70 Watt
3.70
+29.4%
Athlon Silver 3050GE
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.86

Xeon E5-2450L outperforms Athlon Silver 3050GE by a significant 29% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2450L and Athlon Silver 3050GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking14941674
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.95no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency5.007.73
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EN (2012)Dali (2020)
Release date14 May 2012 (12 years ago)21 July 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$72no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2450L and Athlon Silver 3050GE 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads164
Base clock speed1.8 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache20480 KB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm12 nm
Die size294 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistors1,270 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2450L and Athlon Silver 3050GE 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
SocketFCLGA1356AM4
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2450L and Athlon Silver 3050GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXno data
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no 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 E5-2450L and Athlon Silver 3050GE 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 E5-2450L and Athlon Silver 3050GE 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 E5-2450L and Athlon Silver 3050GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size384 GBno data
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.4 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 E5-2450L and Athlon Silver 3050GE.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes24no data

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 E5-2450L 3.70
+29.4%
Athlon Silver 3050GE 2.86

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 E5-2450L 5880
+29.4%
Athlon Silver 3050GE 4545

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.70 2.86
Recency 14 May 2012 21 July 2020
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 35 Watt

Xeon E5-2450L has a 29.4% higher aggregate performance score, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Athlon Silver 3050GE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 166.7% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5-2450L is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050GE in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2450L is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Silver 3050GE is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-2450L and Athlon Silver 3050GE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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