Xeon Gold 6554S vs A12-9800

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Primary details

Comparing A12-9800 and Xeon Gold 6554S processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1823not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.45no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency3.31no data
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date27 July 2017 (7 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$139$3,157

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A12-9800 and Xeon Gold 6554S 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)36
Threads472
Base clock speed3.8 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4 GHz
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB180 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size246 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °C74 °C
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on A12-9800 and Xeon Gold 6554S 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 configuration12
SocketAM4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A12-9800 and Xeon Gold 6554S. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
PowerTune+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

A12-9800 and Xeon Gold 6554S technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A12-9800 and Xeon Gold 6554S are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A12-9800 and Xeon Gold 6554S. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR5 @ 5200 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channels28
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R7 GraphicsN/A
iGPU core count8no data
Enduro+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A12-9800 and Xeon Gold 6554S integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A12-9800 and Xeon Gold 6554S integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A12-9800 and Xeon Gold 6554S.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 July 2017 14 December 2023
Physical cores 4 36
Threads 4 72
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 270 Watt

A12-9800 has 315.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6554S, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and 800% more physical cores and 1700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between A12-9800 and Xeon Gold 6554S. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A12-9800 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6554S is a server/workstation one.


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