Xeon E7-8890 v2 vs A10-6700

Primary details

Comparing A10-6700 and Xeon E7-8890 v2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1953not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency2.84no data
Architecture codenameRichland (2013−2014)no data
Release date1 June 2013 (11 years ago)1 January 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A10-6700 and Xeon E7-8890 v2 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)15 (Pentadeca-Core)
Threads430
Base clock speed3.7 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache192 KBno data
L2 cache4096 KBno data
L3 cache0 KB37.5 MB
Chip lithography32 nm22 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature71 °C77 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A10-6700 and Xeon E7-8890 v2 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration18
SocketFM2FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt155 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-6700 and Xeon E7-8890 v2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
AVXAVX-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

A10-6700 and Xeon E7-8890 v2 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-6700 and Xeon E7-8890 v2 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-6700 and Xeon E7-8890 v2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1866DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory sizeno data1.5 TB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidthno data85 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 8670Dno data
จำนวนพาธไลน์384no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-6700 and Xeon E7-8890 v2 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-6700 and Xeon E7-8890 v2 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 11no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-6700 and Xeon E7-8890 v2.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data32

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2013 1 January 2014
Physical cores 4 15
Threads 4 30
Chip lithography 32 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 155 Watt

A10-6700 has 138.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8890 v2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, 275% more physical cores and 650% more threads, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between A10-6700 and Xeon E7-8890 v2. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A10-6700 is a desktop processor while Xeon E7-8890 v2 is a server/workstation one.


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