Xeon Silver 4516Y vs A6-9220C

Primary details

Comparing A6-9220C and Xeon Silver 4516Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2734	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	no data
Power efficiency	10.49	no data
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)	no data
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-9220C and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	2	48
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	3.7 GHz
Multiplier	18	no data
L1 cache	160 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)	no data
L3 cache	no data	45 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	124.5 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	81 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,200 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on A6-9220C and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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	FT4	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9220C and Xeon Silver 4516Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Virtualization,	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	-	+
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

A6-9220C and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 A6-9220C and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 A6-9220C and Xeon Silver 4516Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size	no data	4 TB
Max memory channels	no data	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	14.936 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-9220C and Xeon Silver 4516Y.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	8	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 January 2019	1 October 2023
Physical cores	2	24
Threads	2	48
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	185 Watt

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