AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240

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AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6240
AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE Intel Xeon Gold 6240

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE or Intel Xeon Gold 6240 - 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 Pro 3125GE has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE was released in Q3/2020.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6240 has 18 cores with 36 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6240 was released in Q2/2019.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
AMD Athlon Silver 3000G (1) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)
4 Generation 2
Picasso (Zen+) Architecture Cascade Lake
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE is 3.40 GHz while the Intel Xeon Gold 6240 has 18 CPU cores and 36 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6240 is at 2.60 GHz (3.90 GHz).

AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240
2 Cores 18
4 Threads 36
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.40 GHz Frequency 2.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.20 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE or Intel Xeon Gold 6240 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.

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 Silver Pro 3125GE can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The Intel Xeon Gold 6240 supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 140.7 GB/s.

AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR4-2933
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 24.75 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 48
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE is 35 W, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6240 has a TDP of 150 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 150 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE is manufactured in 12 nm and has 5.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Gold 6240 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 24.75 MB cache.

AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240
12 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
Q3/2020 Release date Q2/2019
-- Release price 2448 $
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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.
AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
831 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6240 Intel Xeon Gold 6240
18C 36T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Silver Pro 3125GE AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1934 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6240 Intel Xeon Gold 6240
18C 36T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Silver Pro 3125GE AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6240 Intel Xeon Gold 6240
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Silver Pro 3125GE AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
4634 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6240 Intel Xeon Gold 6240
18C 36T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE Intel Xeon Gold 6240
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