Xeon Platinum 8592 vs A8-5500

Primary details

Comparing A8-5500 and Xeon Platinum 8592 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2067not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency2.38no data
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)no data
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-5500 and Xeon Platinum 8592 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)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads4128
Base clock speed3.2 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache0 KB320 MB
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data81 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on A8-5500 and Xeon Platinum 8592 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 configuration1no data
SocketFM2FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5500 and Xeon Platinum 8592. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

A8-5500 and Xeon Platinum 8592 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5500 and Xeon Platinum 8592 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 Platinum 8592. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5 @ 5600 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 7560Dno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-5500 and Xeon Platinum 8592.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 October 2012 1 October 2023
Physical cores 4 64
Threads 4 128
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 350 Watt

A8-5500 has 438.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8592, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, and 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between A8-5500 and Xeon Platinum 8592. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A8-5500 is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8592 is a server/workstation one.


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