Athlon 3000G vs Xeon E5-2630L v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2630L v2 and Athlon 3000G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1371	1670
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.27
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	no data	AMD Athlon
Power efficiency	6.66	7.64
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge-EP (2013)	Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date	1 September 2013 (11 years ago)	7 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$49

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630L v2 and Athlon 3000G 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Bus rate	7.2 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	35
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	15 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	160 mm2	209.78 mm2?
Maximum core temperature	63 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	4940 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630L v2 and Athlon 3000G 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	2	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630L v2 and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2630L v2 and Athlon 3000G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2630L v2 and Athlon 3000G 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 E5-2630L v2 and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	768 GB	64 GB?
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
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 E5-2630L v2 and Athlon 3000G.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	4.30	2.88
Recency	1 September 2013	7 November 2019
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	35 Watt

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