AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs Intel Xeon Gold 6242

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300GE and Intel Xeon Gold 6242 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

Intel Xeon Gold 6242

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 150 Watt

Launch date	20 Sep 2019 vs 2 April 2019
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6242

14 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 2
28 more threads: 32 vs 4
5.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
5.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
16x more maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 64 GB
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2197 vs 1911
8.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 37742 vs 4308

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 2
Number of threads	32 vs 4
L1 cache	1 MB vs 192 KB
L2 cache	16 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache	22 MB vs 4 MB
Maximum memory size	1 TB vs 64 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2197 vs 1911
PassMark - CPU mark	37742 vs 4308

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6242

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1911

2197

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4308

37742

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	Intel Xeon Gold 6242
PassMark - Single thread mark	1911	2197
PassMark - CPU mark	4308	37742

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	Intel Xeon Gold 6242
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Cascade Lake
Launch date	20 Sep 2019	2 April 2019
OPN Tray	YD300BC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1329	687
Processor Number	PRO 300GE	6242
Vertical segment	Desktop	Server
Family		Xeon Gold
Launch price (MSRP)		$2529
Series		6200
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	2.80 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	1 MB
L2 cache	1 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	22 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C
Number of cores	2	16
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	32
Unlocked
64 bit support
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		85 °C
Maximum frequency		3.90 GHz
Number of QPI Links		3
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	39.74 GB/s	131.13 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB	1 TB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz	2933 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2933
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1100 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Number of pipelines	192
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
OpenGL	4.6
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	150 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	48
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4	1x16, x8, x4
Scalability		4S
Advanced Technologies
AMD GuardMI technology
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)