Atom x5-Z8300 vs Xeon Gold 6154

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6154 and Atom x5-Z8300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	336	2863
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.95	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	5x Intel Atom
Power efficiency	8.53	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Cherry Trail (2015−2016)
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	2 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,543	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6154 and Atom x5-Z8300 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	18 (Octadeca-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	36	4
Base clock speed	3 GHz	1.44 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	1.84 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	30	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	24.75 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	82 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	8,000 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6154 and Atom x5-Z8300 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	UTFCBGA592
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and Atom x5-Z8300. 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)	+	+
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 6154 and Atom x5-Z8300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Boot	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and Atom x5-Z8300 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and Atom x5-Z8300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR3
Maximum memory size	768 GB	2 GB
Max memory channels	6	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	12.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel HD Graphics
Max video memory	no data	2 GB
Graphics max frequency	no data	500 MHz
Execution Units	no data	12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Gold 6154 and Atom x5-Z8300 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

2

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and Atom x5-Z8300 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4

no data

1920x1080

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and Atom x5-Z8300.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	48	1
USB revision	no data	3.0

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	18.03	0.51
Recency	11 July 2017	2 March 2015
Physical cores	18	4
Threads	36	4

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