Athlon 1200 vs Xeon Gold 5117

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5117 and Athlon 1200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking773not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency8.98no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Thunderbird C (2000−2001)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)October 2000 (24 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5117 and Athlon 1200 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads281
Base clock speed2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz1.2 GHz
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache896 KB128 KB
L2 cache14 MB256 KB
L3 cache19.25 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm180 nm
Die sizeno data120 mm2
Number of transistorsno data37 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5117 and Athlon 1200 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA3647A
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt66 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5117 and Athlon 1200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5117 and Athlon 1200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5117 and Athlon 1200 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 Gold 5117 and Athlon 1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR1
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5117 and Athlon 1200.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 14 1
Threads 28 1
Chip lithography 14 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 66 Watt

Xeon Gold 5117 has 1300% more physical cores and 2700% more threads, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon 1200, on the other hand, has 59.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5117 and Athlon 1200. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 5117 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon 1200 is a desktop one.


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