Xeon Gold 6542Y vs A10-7800

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Primary details

Comparing A10-7800 and Xeon Gold 6542Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1924not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency2.94no data
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date31 July 2014 (10 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,878

Detailed specifications

A10-7800 and Xeon Gold 6542Y 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 speed3.5 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache256 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache4096 KB2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data60 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size245 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature71 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °C83 °C
Number of transistors2,411 millionno data
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on A10-7800 and Xeon Gold 6542Y 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 configuration12
SocketFM2+FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-7800 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. 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++
FMA+-
AVX++
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
DualGraphics+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
HSA+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

A10-7800 and Xeon Gold 6542Y 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 A10-7800 and Xeon Gold 6542Y 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 A10-7800 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-2133DDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channels28
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R7 GraphicsN/A
iGPU core count8no data
จำนวนพาธไลน์512no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-7800 and Xeon Gold 6542Y integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-7800 and Xeon Gold 6542Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-7800 and Xeon Gold 6542Y.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes1680

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 July 2014 14 December 2023
Physical cores 4 24
Threads 4 48
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 250 Watt

A10-7800 has 284.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6542Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, and 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between A10-7800 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A10-7800 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6542Y is a server/workstation one.


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