Athlon Gold 3150U vs Xeon Gold 6128

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Gold 6128
2017
6 cores / 12 threads, 115 Watt
7.96
+217%
Athlon Gold 3150U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.51

Xeon Gold 6128 outperforms Athlon Gold 3150U by a whopping 217% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6128 and Athlon Gold 3150U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking9461755
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.09no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency6.5515.83
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,697no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6128 and Athlon Gold 3150U 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 speed3.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3424
L1 cache384 KB192 KB
L2 cache6 MB1 MB
L3 cache19.25 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature74 °C95 °C
Number of transistorsno data4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6128 and Athlon Gold 3150U 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)no data
SocketFCLGA3647FP5
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6128 and Athlon Gold 3150U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
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
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6128 and Athlon Gold 3150U 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 6128 and Athlon Gold 3150U 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 Gold 6128 and Athlon Gold 3150U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GB32 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 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 ( - 1000 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6128 and Athlon Gold 3150U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4812

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 Gold 6128 7.96
+217%
Athlon Gold 3150U 2.51

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 Gold 6128 12648
+217%
Athlon Gold 3150U 3989

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon Gold 6128 1080
+32.5%
Athlon Gold 3150U 815

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon Gold 6128 5738
+244%
Athlon Gold 3150U 1670

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.96 2.51
Recency 25 April 2017 6 January 2020
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 4
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon Gold 6128 has a 217.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

Athlon Gold 3150U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 666.7% lower power consumption.

The Xeon Gold 6128 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 3150U in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6128 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Gold 3150U is a notebook one.


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