Xeon Silver 4214R vs A8-3800
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4214R outperforms A8-3800 by a whopping 754% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2567 | 904 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 5.95 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon Silver |
| Power efficiency | 1.91 | 10.63 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Llano (2011−2012) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 30 June 2011 (14 years ago) | 24 February 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $705 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
A8-3800 and Xeon Silver 4214R 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 24 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 24 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 768 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 16.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 228 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 79 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on A8-3800 and Xeon Silver 4214R 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 | no data |
| Socket | FM1 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 100 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3800 and Xeon Silver 4214R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| 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 | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
A8-3800 and Xeon Silver 4214R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3800 and Xeon Silver 4214R 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 A8-3800 and Xeon Silver 4214R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 115.212 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 6550D | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-3800 and Xeon Silver 4214R.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 48 |
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.16 | 9.91 |
| Recency | 30 June 2011 | 24 February 2020 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 12 |
| Threads | 4 | 24 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 100 Watt |
A8-3800 has 53.8% lower power consumption.
Xeon Silver 4214R, on the other hand, has a 754.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Silver 4214R is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A8-3800 in performance tests.
Note that A8-3800 is a desktop processor while Xeon Silver 4214R is a server/workstation one.
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