Intel Xeon w5-3423 vs AMD Athlon PRO 300U

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Intel Xeon w5-3423 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Intel Xeon w5-3423 AMD Athlon PRO 300U

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon w5-3423 or AMD Athlon PRO 300U - 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 Intel Xeon w5-3423 has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 4096 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon w5-3423 was released in Q1/2023.

The AMD Athlon PRO 300U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon PRO 300U was released in Q1/2019.
Intel Xeon W (83) Family AMD Athlon (29)
Intel Xeon W-3400 (8) CPU group AMD Athlon PRO 300 (2)
12 Generation 6
Sapphire Rapids-WS Architecture Picasso (Zen+)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Xeon W-3225 Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon w5-3423 has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon w5-3423 is 2.10 GHz (4.20 GHz) while the AMD Athlon PRO 300U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon PRO 300U is at 2.40 GHz (3.30 GHz).

Intel Xeon w5-3423 Characteristic AMD Athlon PRO 300U
12 Cores 2
24 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.10 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
4.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.30 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.40 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.

Intel Xeon w5-3423 Characteristic AMD Athlon PRO 300U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon w5-3423 or AMD Athlon PRO 300U 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.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
GPU frequency 1.00 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation 8
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 3
-- Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

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.

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

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon w5-3423 can use up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 307.2 GB/s. The AMD Athlon PRO 300U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

Intel Xeon w5-3423 Characteristic AMD Athlon PRO 300U
DDR5-4800 Memory DDR4-2400
4096 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
307.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
30.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 3.0
112 PCIe lanes 12
441.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon w5-3423 is 220 W, while the AMD Athlon PRO 300U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon w5-3423 Characteristic AMD Athlon PRO 300U
220 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
324 W TDP up --
-- TDP down --
103 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon w5-3423 is manufactured in 10 nm and has 30.00 MB cache. The AMD Athlon PRO 300U is manufactured in 12 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon w5-3423 Characteristic AMD Athlon PRO 300U
10 nm Technology 12 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, AMX ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 4677 Socket FP5
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d, VT-rp, vPro Enterprise Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 11, Windows Server, Linux Operating systems
Q1/2023 Release date Q1/2019
-- 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.
Intel Xeon w5-3423 Intel Xeon w5-3423
12C 24T @ 4.20 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
867 (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.
Intel Xeon w5-3423 Intel Xeon w5-3423
12C 24T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1878 (100%)

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.
Intel Xeon w5-3423 Intel Xeon w5-3423
12C 24T @ 4.20 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
961 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-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 multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon w5-3423 Intel Xeon w5-3423
12C 24T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1986 (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.
Intel Xeon w5-3423 Intel Xeon w5-3423
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz
384 (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.
Intel Xeon w5-3423 Intel Xeon w5-3423
12C 24T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
4075 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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.
Intel Xeon w5-3423 Intel Xeon w5-3423
12C 24T @ 4.20 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
138 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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.
Intel Xeon w5-3423 Intel Xeon w5-3423
12C 24T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
344 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon w5-3423 AMD Athlon PRO 300U
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