A6-9120C SoC vs Xeon E5-2690

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2690 and A6-9120C SoC processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1082	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.76	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Power efficiency	4.30	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	6 March 2012 (12 years ago)	7 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$397	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2690 and A6-9120C SoC 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	8 (Octa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	16	2
Base clock speed	2.9 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	435 mm2	124 mm2
Maximum core temperature	72 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	2,270 million	1,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2690 and A6-9120C SoC 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	FT4
Power consumption (TDP)	135 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2690 and A6-9120C SoC. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
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

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2690 and A6-9120C SoC 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 Xeon E5-2690 and A6-9120C SoC are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2690 and A6-9120C SoC. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	384 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

Radeon R4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2690 and A6-9120C SoC.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 March 2012	7 January 2019
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	16	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	135 Watt	6 Watt

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