AMD Athlon 320GE vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

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AMD Athlon 320GE CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
AMD Athlon 320GE Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon 320GE or Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Athlon 320GE has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon 320GE was released in Q3/2019.

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 has 28 cores with 56 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 was released in Q3/2019.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Xeon Platinum (89)
AMD Athlon 300 (2) CPU group Intel Xeon Platinum 8200/9200 (21)
4 Generation 2
Dali (Zen) Architecture Cascade Lake
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon 320GE is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (3.50 GHz). The Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 has 28 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.70 GHz (4.00 GHz).

AMD Athlon 320GE Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
2 Cores 28
4 Threads 56
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
3.50 GHz Frequency 2.70 GHz
3.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.70 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Athlon 320GE Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) GPU no iGPU
1.10 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
8 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
3 Compute units --
192 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon 320GE supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 can connect up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

AMD Athlon 320GE Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR4-2933
64 GB Max. Memory 1024 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 140.7 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 38.50 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
8 PCIe lanes 48
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon 320GE has a TDP of 35 W, that of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 is 205 W.

AMD Athlon 320GE Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 205 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Athlon 320GE has a 5.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 cache has a total of 38.50 MB.

AMD Athlon 320GE Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
AM4 (PGA 1331) Socket LGA 3647
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2019 Release date Q3/2019
-- Release price 10009 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon 320GE (78%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon 320GE (13%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon 320GE AMD Athlon 320GE
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
879 (78%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
28C 56T @ 4.00 GHz
1130 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Athlon 320GE AMD Athlon 320GE
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
4288 (13%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
28C 56T @ 2.70 GHz
32764 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon 320GE AMD Athlon 320GE
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
2167 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
28C 56T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Athlon 320GE AMD Athlon 320GE
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
28C 56T @ 4.00 GHz
1329 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon 320GE AMD Athlon 320GE
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
28C 56T @ 4.00 GHz
378 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Athlon 320GE AMD Athlon 320GE
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon 320GE Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
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