Xeon E-2486 vs A6-7400K

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Primary details

Comparing A6-7400K and Xeon E-2486 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2453not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency1.50no data
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date31 July 2014 (10 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$506

Detailed specifications

A6-7400K and Xeon E-2486 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 cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz5.6 GHz
Bus rateno data16 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1024 KB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size245 mm2163 mm2
Maximum core temperature70 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,411 millionno data
64 bit support++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on A6-7400K and Xeon E-2486 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 configuration11
SocketFM2+FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-7400K and Xeon E-2486. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
HSA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+

Security technologies

A6-7400K and Xeon E-2486 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 A6-7400K and Xeon E-2486 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 A6-7400K and Xeon E-2486. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1866DDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channels22
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R5 GraphicsN/A
iGPU core count4no data
จำนวนพาธไลน์256no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-7400K and Xeon E-2486 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-7400K and Xeon E-2486 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-7400K and Xeon E-2486.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes1616

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 July 2014 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt

A6-7400K has 46.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2486, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between A6-7400K and Xeon E-2486. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A6-7400K is a desktop processor while Xeon E-2486 is a server/workstation one.


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