Xeon E-2124 vs A4-5000

Primary details

Comparing A4-5000 and Xeon E-2124 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2581	1346
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	16.65
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD A-Series	Intel Xeon E
Power efficiency	5.17	5.82
Architecture codename	Kabini (2013−2014)	Coffee Lake-S (2017−2018)
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	12 July 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$193

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

A4-5000 and Xeon E-2124 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	no data	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	4.3 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Die size	246 mm2	126 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	1,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on A4-5000 and Xeon E-2124 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	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FT3	FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	71 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5000 and Xeon E-2124. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
TSX	-	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+

Security technologies

A4-5000 and Xeon E-2124 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5000 and Xeon E-2124 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 A4-5000 and Xeon E-2124. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	no data	128 GB
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon HD 8330	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A4-5000 and Xeon E-2124 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A4-5000 and Xeon E-2124 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-5000 and Xeon E-2124.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.85	4.53
Recency	23 May 2013	12 July 2018
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	71 Watt

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