Xeon Gold 5520 vs A6-8500P

Primary details

Comparing A6-8500P and Xeon Gold 5520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2520	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Carrizo	no data
Power efficiency	5.71	no data
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	no data
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-8500P and Xeon Gold 5520 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)	28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads	2	56
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	4 GHz
L2 cache	1024 KB	no data
L3 cache	no data	52.5 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	85 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on A6-8500P and Xeon Gold 5520 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.

Socket	FP4	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-8500P and Xeon Gold 5520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	AVX	-
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
HSA	+	-
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	-	+
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

A6-8500P and Xeon Gold 5520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-8500P and Xeon Gold 5520 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-8500P and Xeon Gold 5520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	Not Listed	DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size	no data	4 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	no data
iGPU core count	4	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-8500P and Xeon Gold 5520 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-8500P and Xeon Gold 5520 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-8500P and Xeon Gold 5520.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 June 2015	1 October 2023
Physical cores	2	28
Threads	2	56
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	205 Watt

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