Xeon E5630 vs PRO A12-9800

Primary details

Comparing PRO A12-9800 and Xeon E5630 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1787	1772
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	1.16
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Power efficiency	3.39	2.83
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)
Release date	3 October 2016 (8 years ago)	16 March 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$73

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

PRO A12-9800 and Xeon E5630 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	2.53 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	2.8 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Die size	250 mm2	239 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	78 °C
Number of transistors	3,100 million	1,170 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on PRO A12-9800 and Xeon E5630 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	2
Socket	AM4	FCLGA1366,LGA1366
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A12-9800 and Xeon E5630. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	+
PAE	no data	40 Bit

Security technologies

PRO A12-9800 and Xeon E5630 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A12-9800 and Xeon E5630 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A12-9800 and Xeon E5630. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	288 GB
Max memory channels	2	3
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	no data
iGPU core count	8	no data
Enduro	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A12-9800 and Xeon E5630 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A12-9800 and Xeon E5630 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A12-9800 and Xeon E5630.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	8	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.42	2.48
Recency	3 October 2016	16 March 2010
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	80 Watt

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