Xeon Silver 4516Y vs PRO A8-9600B

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Primary details

Comparing PRO A8-9600B and Xeon Silver 4516Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2189not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesBristol Ridgeno data
Power efficiency9.08no data
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)no data
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

PRO A8-9600B and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads448
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.7 GHz
L2 cache2048 KBno data
L3 cacheno data45 MB
Chip lithography28 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size250 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °C81 °C
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on PRO A8-9600B and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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.

SocketFP4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A8-9600B and Xeon Silver 4516Y. 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++
FMAFMA4-
AVXAVX-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
RAID+-
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

PRO A8-9600B and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 PRO A8-9600B and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 PRO A8-9600B and Xeon Silver 4516Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channels28
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R5 Graphicsno data
iGPU core count6no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A8-9600B and Xeon Silver 4516Y integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A8-9600B and Xeon Silver 4516Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A8-9600B and Xeon Silver 4516Y.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2016 1 October 2023
Physical cores 4 24
Threads 4 48
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 185 Watt

PRO A8-9600B has 1133.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4516Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between PRO A8-9600B and Xeon Silver 4516Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that PRO A8-9600B is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4516Y is a server/workstation one.


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