Xeon E3-1578L v5 vs A4-3320M

Primary details

Comparing A4-3320M and Xeon E3-1578L v5 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2970not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD A-SeriesIntel Xeon E3
Power efficiency1.14no data
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Skylake-H (2015−2016)
Release date20 December 2011 (12 years ago)31 May 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

Detailed specifications

A4-3320M and Xeon E3-1578L v5 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data20
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size228 mm2171 mm2
Number of transistors1,178 million2,300 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A4-3320M and Xeon E3-1578L v5 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFS1Intel BGA 1440
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-3320M and Xeon E3-1578L v5. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480Gno data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

A4-3320M and Xeon E3-1578L v5 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-3320M and Xeon E3-1578L v5 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-3320M and Xeon E3-1578L v5. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3LPDDR3-1866
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 6480G (444 MHz)Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-3320M and Xeon E3-1578L v5.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 0.66 5.24
Recency 20 December 2011 31 May 2016
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

A4-3320M has 28.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon E3-1578L v5, on the other hand, has 693.9% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between A4-3320M and Xeon E3-1578L v5. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A4-3320M is a notebook processor while Xeon E3-1578L v5 is a server/workstation one.


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