Xeon Platinum 9282 vs A6-6400K

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Primary details

Comparing A6-6400K and Xeon Platinum 9282 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2470not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD A-Series (Desktop)Intel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codenameRichland (2013−2014)Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date4 June 2013 (11 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-6400K and Xeon Platinum 9282 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)56 (Hexapentaconta-Core)
Threads2112
Base clock speed3.9 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data26
L1 cache96 KB3.5 MB
L2 cache1024 KB56 MB
L3 cache0 KB77 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature70 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors1303 Million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on A6-6400K and Xeon Platinum 9282 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 configuration18
SocketFM2Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-6400K and Xeon Platinum 9282. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE1-4a, AES, ABM, AVX, BMI1, AMD64, VT, EVP, Turbo Core 3.0Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4+
AVX++
PowerNow++
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
SIPP-+
Statusno dataDiscontinued
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

A6-6400K and Xeon Platinum 9282 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-6400K and Xeon Platinum 9282 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-6400K and Xeon Platinum 9282. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1866DDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data2 TiB
Max memory channels212
Maximum memory bandwidthno data281.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 8470Dno data
Number of pipelines192no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-6400K and Xeon Platinum 9282 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-6400K and Xeon Platinum 9282 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 11no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-6400K and Xeon Platinum 9282.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 June 2013 2 April 2019
Physical cores 2 56
Threads 2 112
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 400 Watt

A6-6400K has 515.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 9282, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, 2700% more physical cores and 5500% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between A6-6400K and Xeon Platinum 9282. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A6-6400K is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 9282 is a server/workstation one.


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