AMD Athlon 300U vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8256

Let's find out which one of AMD Athlon 300U and Intel Xeon Platinum 8256 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Athlon 300U Intel Xeon Platinum 8256
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Athlon Intel Xeon Platinum
• Generation
  6 2
• CPU group
  AMD Athlon 300 Intel Xeon Platinum 8200/9200

In this block we are going to compare AMD Athlon 300U vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8256 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 3.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.30 GHz 3.90 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 Platinum 8256 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 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  1.00 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  3
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  8
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2018

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Athlon 300U and Intel Xeon Platinum 8256. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

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

To choose the best model between AMD Athlon 300U and Intel Xeon Platinum 8256 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 DDR4-2933
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  2 6
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  12 48

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD Athlon 300U and Intel Xeon Platinum 8256.

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Athlon 300U or Intel Xeon Platinum 8256? 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 105 W
• Tjunction max.
  105 °C --

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Athlon 300U and Intel Xeon Platinum 8256 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, AVX-512
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 16.50 MB
• Architecture
  Picasso (Zen+) Cascade Lake
• Technology
  12 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  FP5 LGA 3647
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q2/2019

List of devices based on AMD Athlon 300U and Intel Xeon Platinum 8256.

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