Xeon E-2486 vs A6-5400B

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Primary details

Comparing A6-5400B and Xeon E-2486 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2533not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency1.34no data
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$506

Detailed specifications

A6-5400B and Xeon E-2486 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz5.6 GHz
Bus rateno data16 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size246 mm2163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on A6-5400B and Xeon E-2486 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
SocketFM2FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-5400B and Xeon E-2486. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+

Security technologies

A6-5400B and Xeon E-2486 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-5400B and Xeon E-2486 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-5400B and Xeon E-2486. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardRadeon HD 7540DN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-5400B and Xeon E-2486.

PCIe versionno data5
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 October 2012 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt

A6-5400B has 46.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2486, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between A6-5400B and Xeon E-2486. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A6-5400B is a desktop processor while Xeon E-2486 is a server/workstation one.


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