A6-5200 vs Xeon E5-2683 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2683 v3 and A6-5200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	829	2422
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	7.26	3.98
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	8 September 2014 (10 years ago)	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2683 v3 and A6-5200 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	14 (Tetradeca-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	28	4
Base clock speed	2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	9.6 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	2048 KB
L3 cache	35 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	28 nm
Die size	356 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	83 °C	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	2,600 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2683 v3 and A6-5200 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	2	1
Socket	FCLGA2011	FT3
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2683 v3 and A6-5200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	FMA4
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2683 v3 and A6-5200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2683 v3 and A6-5200 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 Xeon E5-2683 v3 and A6-5200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size	768 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	AMD Radeon HD 8400
Number of pipelines	no data	128
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5-2683 v3 and A6-5200 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5-2683 v3 and A6-5200 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 11
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2683 v3 and A6-5200.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	40	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	9.38	1.07
Recency	8 September 2014	23 May 2013
Physical cores	14	4
Threads	28	4
Chip lithography	22 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	25 Watt

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