Sempron 2500+ vs Xeon Gold 5122

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5122 and Sempron 2500+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1143	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.67	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Power efficiency	5.03	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Palermo (2001−2005)
Release date	25 April 2017 (7 years ago)	January 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,221	$80

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5122 and Sempron 2500+ 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	4 (Quad-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	8	1
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	1.75 GHz
Multiplier	36	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	256 KB
L3 cache	16.5 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	130 nm
Die size	no data	101 mm2
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	63 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5122 and Sempron 2500+ 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	4 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	754
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	62 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5122 and Sempron 2500+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5122 and Sempron 2500+ 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 Gold 5122 and Sempron 2500+ 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 5122 and Sempron 2500+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	no data
Maximum memory size	768 GB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5122 and Sempron 2500+.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no 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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	4	1
Threads	8	1
Chip lithography	14 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	62 Watt

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