Xeon Gold 6554S vs A8-8600P

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Primary details

Comparing A8-8600P and Xeon Gold 6554S processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2129not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Carrizono data
Power efficiency4.19no data
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,157

Detailed specifications

A8-8600P and Xeon Gold 6554S 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)36
Threads472
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4 GHz
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data180 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on A8-8600P and Xeon Gold 6554S 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
SocketFP4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-8600P and Xeon Gold 6554S. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
AVXAVX+
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
DualGraphics+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
HSA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

A8-8600P and Xeon Gold 6554S 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 A8-8600P and Xeon Gold 6554S are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-8600P and Xeon Gold 6554S. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-2133DDR5 @ 5200 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channels28
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R6 GraphicsN/A
iGPU core count6no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-8600P and Xeon Gold 6554S integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-8600P and Xeon Gold 6554S integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-8600P and Xeon Gold 6554S.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2015 14 December 2023
Physical cores 4 36
Threads 4 72
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 270 Watt

A8-8600P has 2150% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6554S, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and 800% more physical cores and 1700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between A8-8600P and Xeon Gold 6554S. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A8-8600P is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6554S is a server/workstation one.


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