Xeon Silver 4316 vs A6-4455M
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4316 outperforms A6-4455M by a whopping 3943% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3211 | 396 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD A-Series | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.14 | 5.23 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Trinity (2012−2013) | Ice Lake-SP (2021) |
| Release date | 15 May 2012 (13 years ago) | 6 April 2021 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A6-4455M and Xeon Silver 4316 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 20 (Icosa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 40 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| L1 cache | 92 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 30 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 10 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 100 °C | 84 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on A6-4455M and Xeon Silver 4316 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 | 1 | 2 |
| Socket | FP2 | FCLGA4189 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | 150 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-4455M and Xeon Silver 4316. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
A6-4455M and Xeon Silver 4316 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-4455M and Xeon Silver 4316 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 A6-4455M and Xeon Silver 4316. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | unknown Dual-channel | DDR4-2667 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 6 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 8 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 7500G (327 - 424 MHz) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-4455M and Xeon Silver 4316.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 64 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.46 | 18.60 |
| Recency | 15 May 2012 | 6 April 2021 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 20 |
| Threads | 2 | 40 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | 150 Watt |
A6-4455M has 782% lower power consumption.
Xeon Silver 4316, on the other hand, has a 3943% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 900% more physical cores and 1900% more threads, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Silver 4316 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A6-4455M in performance tests.
Be aware that A6-4455M is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4316 is a server/workstation one.
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