Xeon Gold 6348H vs A8-3850
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6348H outperforms A8-3850 by a whopping 147% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2420 | 1722 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | A-Series (Desktop) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.47 | 2.20 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Llano (2011−2012) | Cooper Lake-SP (2021) |
| Release date | 30 June 2011 (14 years ago) | 6 April 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A8-3850 and Xeon Gold 6348H 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) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 48 |
| Base clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 33 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 228 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A8-3850 and Xeon Gold 6348H 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 | 4 |
| Socket | FM1 | FCLGA4189 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 165 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3850 and Xeon Gold 6348H. 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 | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
A8-3850 and Xeon Gold 6348H 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 A8-3850 and Xeon Gold 6348H 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 A8-3850 and Xeon Gold 6348H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 RDIMM |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 1.12 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| 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 A8-3850 and Xeon Gold 6348H.
| 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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.37 | 3.38 |
| Recency | 30 June 2011 | 6 April 2021 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 24 |
| Threads | 4 | 48 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 165 Watt |
A8-3850 has 65% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6348H, on the other hand, has a 146.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Gold 6348H is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A8-3850 in performance tests.
Note that A8-3850 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6348H is a server/workstation one.
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