AMD Athlon 300U vs Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5

Let's find out which one of AMD Athlon 300U and Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Athlon 300U Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Athlon Intel Xeon E3
• Generation
  6 5
• CPU group
  AMD Athlon 300 Intel Xeon E3 v5

In this block we are going to compare AMD Athlon 300U vs Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  2.40 GHz 2.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.30 GHz 3.70 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Athlon 300U and Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics Intel HD Graphics P530
• GPU frequency
  1.00 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.05 GHz
• Execution units
  3 24
• Shader
  192 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  8 9
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q3/2015

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Athlon 300U and Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD Athlon 300U and Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133LPDDR3-1866
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  12 16

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD Athlon 300U and Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5.

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Athlon 300U or Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 45 W
• TDP down
  -- 35 W
• Tjunction max.
  105 °C 100 °C

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Athlon 300U and Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Picasso (Zen+) Skylake S
• Technology
  12 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  FP5 BGA 1440
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q4/2015

List of devices based on AMD Athlon 300U and Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5.

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