Xeon E-2236 vs A8-5500

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Aggregate performance score

A8-5500
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
1.64
Xeon E-2236
2019
6 cores / 12 threads, 80 Watt
8.78
+435%

Xeon E-2236 outperforms A8-5500 by a whopping 435% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A8-5500 and Xeon E-2236 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2085870
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data36.90
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E
Power efficiency2.3910.38
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Coffee Lake-S WS (2018−2019)
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)29 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$284

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A8-5500 and Xeon E-2236 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data34
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2154 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on A8-5500 and Xeon E-2236 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFM2FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5500 and Xeon E-2236. 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-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

A8-5500 and Xeon E-2236 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5500 and Xeon E-2236 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 A8-5500 and Xeon E-2236. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 7560DIntel UHD Graphics P630

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A8-5500 and Xeon E-2236 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no dataN/A
Max resolution over eDPno dataN/A
Max resolution over DisplayPortno dataN/A
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-5500 and Xeon E-2236 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataN/A
OpenGLno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-5500 and Xeon E-2236.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

A8-5500 1.64
Xeon E-2236 8.78
+435%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A8-5500 2610
Xeon E-2236 13954
+435%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A8-5500 380
Xeon E-2236 1573
+314%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A8-5500 905
Xeon E-2236 6296
+596%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.64 8.78
Integrated graphics card 1.19 6.40
Recency 2 October 2012 29 May 2019
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 80 Watt

A8-5500 has 23.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2236, on the other hand, has a 435.4% higher aggregate performance score, 437.8% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 6 years, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon E-2236 is our recommended choice as it beats the A8-5500 in performance tests.

Note that A8-5500 is a desktop processor while Xeon E-2236 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between A8-5500 and Xeon E-2236, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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