Xeon Gold 6538Y vs A6-4455M

Primary details

Comparing A6-4455M and Xeon Gold 6538Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2877	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD A-Series	no data
Power efficiency	2.79	no data
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	no data
Release date	15 May 2012 (12 years ago)	1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-4455M and Xeon Gold 6538Y 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	2 (Dual-core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	2	64
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	4 GHz
L1 cache	92 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	60 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	246 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	79 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on A6-4455M and Xeon Gold 6538Y 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	no data
Socket	FP2	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-4455M and Xeon Gold 6538Y. 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, FMA	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	-	+
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

A6-4455M and Xeon Gold 6538Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-4455M and Xeon Gold 6538Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-4455M and Xeon Gold 6538Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	unknown Dual-channel	DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size	no data	4 TB
Max memory channels	no data	8
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 7500G

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-4455M and Xeon Gold 6538Y.

PCIe version	no data	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 May 2012	1 October 2023
Physical cores	2	32
Threads	2	64
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	225 Watt

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