Xeon E5-2689A v4 vs A8-7100

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Primary details

Comparing A8-7100 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2454not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD KaveriIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiency5.13no data
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date4 June 2014 (10 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-7100 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speed1.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplierno data34
L2 cache4096 KB2 MB
L3 cacheno data20 MB
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size245 mm2246.24 mm2
Number of transistors2410 Million3200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A8-7100 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 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 configurationno data2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFP3no data
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-7100 and Xeon E5-2689A v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
FRTC+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
HSA+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

A8-7100 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-7100 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-7100 and Xeon E5-2689A v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1600no data
Maximum memory sizeno data1,536 GB
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R5 Graphicsno data
iGPU core count4no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-7100 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-7100 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-7100 and Xeon E5-2689A v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data40

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 June 2014 20 June 2016
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 145 Watt

A8-7100 has 663.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2689A v4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between A8-7100 and Xeon E5-2689A v4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A8-7100 is a notebook processor while Xeon E5-2689A v4 is a server/workstation one.


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