AMD Athlon Silver 3050C vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
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| AMD Athlon Silver 3050C | Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L | |
CPU comparisonAMD Athlon Silver 3050C or Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L - 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 Silver 3050C has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver 3050C was released in Q3/2020. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L has 28 cores with 56 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4608 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L was released in Q3/2019. |
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| AMD Athlon (29) | Family | Intel Xeon Platinum (89) |
| AMD Athlon Silver 3000 (3) | CPU group | Intel Xeon Platinum 8200/9200 (21) |
| 4 | Generation | 2 |
| Dali (Zen) | Architecture | Cascade Lake |
| Mobile | Segment | Desktop / Server |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe AMD Athlon Silver 3050C has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon Silver 3050C is 2.30 GHz (3.20 GHz) while the Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L has 28 CPU cores and 56 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L is at 2.70 GHz (4.00 GHz). |
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| AMD Athlon Silver 3050C | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L |
| 2 | Cores | 28 |
| 4 | Threads | 56 |
| normal | Core architecture | normal |
| Yes | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.30 GHz | Frequency | 2.70 GHz |
| 3.20 GHz | Turbo Frequency (1 Core) | 4.00 GHz |
| 2.30 GHz | Turbo Frequency (All Cores) | 2.70 GHz |
Internal GraphicsThe AMD Athlon Silver 3050C or Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die. |
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| 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 supportA 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. |
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| 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 & PCIeThe AMD Athlon Silver 3050C can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L supports up to 4608 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 140.7 GB/s. |
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| AMD Athlon Silver 3050C | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L |
| DDR4-2400 | Memory | DDR4-2933 |
| 32 GB | Max. Memory | 4608 GB |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 6 (Hexa Channel) |
| 38.4 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 ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon Silver 3050C is 15 W, while the Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L has a TDP of 205 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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| AMD Athlon Silver 3050C | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L |
| 15 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 205 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| 25 W | TDP up | -- |
| 12 W | TDP down | -- |
| 95 °C | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe AMD Athlon Silver 3050C is manufactured in 14 nm and has 5.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 38.50 MB cache. |
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| AMD Athlon Silver 3050C | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L |
| 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 |
| FP5 | Socket | LGA 3647 |
| AMD-V, SVM | Virtualization | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| Yes | AES-NI | Yes |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | |
| Q3/2020 | Release date | Q3/2019 |
| -- | Release price | -- |
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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.
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AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
28C 56T @ 4.00 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
28C 56T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.
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AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
28C 56T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
28C 56T @ 2.70 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
28C 56T @ 4.00 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
@ 0.00 GHz |
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| AMD Athlon Silver 3050C | Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L |
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