Xeon Gold 6138F vs A10-6700
Primary details
Comparing A10-6700 and Xeon Gold 6138F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1934 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Power efficiency | 2.85 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Richland (2013−2014) | Skylake (server) (2017−2019) |
| Release date | 1 June 2013 (11 years ago) | 11 July 2017 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $2,767 |
Detailed specifications
A10-6700 and Xeon Gold 6138F 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 20 (Icosa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 40 |
| Base clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.3 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 20 |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 1.25 MB |
| L2 cache | 4096 KB | 20 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 27.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 71 °C | 87 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 71 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on A10-6700 and Xeon Gold 6138F 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 configuration | 1 | 4 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FM2 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 135 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-6700 and Xeon Gold 6138F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | FMA4 | - |
| AVX | AVX | + |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| PowerGating | + | - |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
Security technologies
A10-6700 and Xeon Gold 6138F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-6700 and Xeon Gold 6138F are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
| IOMMU 2.0 | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-6700 and Xeon Gold 6138F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3-1866 | DDR4-2666 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 768 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 128.001 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 8670D | no data |
| Number of pipelines | 384 | no data |
| Enduro | + | - |
| Switchable graphics | + | - |
| UVD | + | - |
| VCE | + | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of A10-6700 and Xeon Gold 6138F integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by A10-6700 and Xeon Gold 6138F integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-6700 and Xeon Gold 6138F.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 48 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 June 2013 | 11 July 2017 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 20 |
| Threads | 4 | 40 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 135 Watt |
A10-6700 has 107.7% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6138F, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between A10-6700 and Xeon Gold 6138F. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that A10-6700 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6138F is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between A10-6700 and Xeon Gold 6138F, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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