A4-3320M vs Xeon E5-2658

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2658 and A4-3320M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1456not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.38no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD A-Series
Power efficiency3.81no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)Llano (2011−2012)
Release date6 March 2012 (12 years ago)20 December 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,462no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2658 and A4-3320M 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads162
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.6 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache20480 KB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size435 mm2228 mm2
Number of transistors2,270 million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2658 and A4-3320M 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 configuration21
Socket2011FS1
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2658 and A4-3320M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480G
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2658 and A4-3320M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2658 and A4-3320M are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2658 and A4-3320M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 6480G

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2658 and A4-3320M.

PCIe version3.0no 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.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E5-2658 6073
+809%
A4-3320M 668

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2012 20 December 2011
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 2
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 35 Watt

Xeon E5-2658 has an age advantage of 2 months, and 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

A4-3320M, on the other hand, has 171.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2658 and A4-3320M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2658 is a server/workstation processor while A4-3320M is a notebook one.


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