Pro A6-8500B vs Xeon E5630

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5630
2010
4 cores / 8 threads, 80 Watt
2.39
+137%
Pro A6-8500B
2015
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.01

Xeon E5630 outperforms Pro A6-8500B by a whopping 137% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5630 and Pro A6-8500B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17762453
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.16no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Carrizo
Power efficiency2.836.37
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date16 March 2010 (14 years ago)3 June 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$73no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5630 and Pro A6-8500B 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.53 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1024 KB
L3 cache12 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography32 nm28 nm
Die size239 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature78 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,170 million3100 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5630 and Pro A6-8500B 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA1366,LGA1366FP4
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5630 and Pro A6-8500B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2HSA 1.0
AES-NI++
FMA-FMA4
AVX-AVX
FRTC-+
FreeSync-+
TrueAudio-+
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
Out-of-band client management-+
VirusProtect-+
RAID-+
HSA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5630 and Pro A6-8500B 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 E5630 and Pro A6-8500B 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 E5630 and Pro A6-8500B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3/DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size288 GBno data
Max memory channels32
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core countno data4
Number of pipelinesno data256
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5630 and Pro A6-8500B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5630 and Pro A6-8500B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5630 and Pro A6-8500B.

PCIe version2.03.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Xeon E5630 2.39
+137%
Pro A6-8500B 1.01

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 E5630 3790
+137%
Pro A6-8500B 1601

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.39 1.01
Recency 16 March 2010 3 June 2015
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon E5630 has a 136.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Pro A6-8500B, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 433.3% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5630 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pro A6-8500B in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5630 is a server/workstation processor while Pro A6-8500B is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5630 and Pro A6-8500B, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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