Xeon Silver 4509Y vs A8-5550M

Primary details

Comparing A8-5550M and Xeon Silver 4509Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2256	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD A-Series	no data
Architecture codename	Richland (2013−2014)	no data
Release date	12 March 2013 (11 years ago)	1 October 2023 (less than a year ago)
Current price	$234	no data

Detailed specifications

A8-5550M and Xeon Silver 4509Y 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	4 (Quad-Core)	no data
Threads	4	no data
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	4 MB	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	no data
Die size	246 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	84 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A8-5550M and Xeon Silver 4509Y 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	FS1r2	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5550M and Xeon Silver 4509Y. 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, DDR3-1600 Controller	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5550M and Xeon Silver 4509Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5550M and Xeon Silver 4509Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 8550G

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-5550M and Xeon Silver 4509Y.

PCI Express lanes

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 March 2013	1 October 2023
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	125 Watt

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