Xeon Silver 4310T vs A8-3820

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Aggregate performance score

A8-3820
2011
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
1.37
Xeon Silver 4310T
2021
10 cores / 20 threads, 105 Watt
13.20
+864%

Xeon Silver 4310T outperforms A8-3820 by a whopping 864% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A8-3820 and Xeon Silver 4310T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2240574
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency1.9911.90
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date20 December 2011 (13 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-3820 and Xeon Silver 4310T 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads420
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB15 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm10 nm
Die size228 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data88 °C
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on A8-3820 and Xeon Silver 4310T 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 configuration12
SocketFM1FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3820 and Xeon Silver 4310T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

A8-3820 and Xeon Silver 4310T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3820 and Xeon Silver 4310T 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 A8-3820 and Xeon Silver 4310T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2667
Maximum memory sizeno data6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 6550Dno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-3820 and Xeon Silver 4310T.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A8-3820 1.37
Xeon Silver 4310T 13.20
+864%

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.

A8-3820 2180
Xeon Silver 4310T 20973
+862%

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.

A8-3820 304
Xeon Silver 4310T 1390
+357%

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.

A8-3820 929
Xeon Silver 4310T 8565
+822%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.37 13.20
Recency 20 December 2011 6 April 2021
Physical cores 4 10
Threads 4 20
Chip lithography 32 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 105 Watt

A8-3820 has 61.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4310T, on the other hand, has a 863.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 150% more physical cores and 400% more threads, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Silver 4310T is our recommended choice as it beats the A8-3820 in performance tests.

Note that A8-3820 is a desktop processor while Xeon Silver 4310T is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between A8-3820 and Xeon Silver 4310T, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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