AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs Intel Xeon X5460

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300GE and Intel Xeon X5460 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

Intel Xeon X5460

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

CPU is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 45 nm
3.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 120 Watt

Launch date	20 Sep 2019 vs 12 Nov 2007
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 120 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon X5460

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
12x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	4 vs 2
L1 cache	256 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache	12 MB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon X5460

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	Intel Xeon X5460
PassMark - Single thread mark	1911
PassMark - CPU mark	4308
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	Intel Xeon X5460
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Harpertown
Launch date	20 Sep 2019	12 Nov 2007
OPN Tray	YD300BC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1329	3358
Processor Number	PRO 300GE	X5460
Vertical segment	Desktop	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$1172
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.16 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	12 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		1333 MHz
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		63 °C
Transistor count		820 million
VID voltage range		0.85V - 1.35V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	39.74 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666
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	LGA771
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	120 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4
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
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)