Xeon Gold 6558Q vs A8-4500M

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Primary details

Comparing A8-4500M and Xeon Gold 6558Q processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2433not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD A-Seriesno data
Power efficiency2.87no data
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)no data
Release date15 May 2012 (12 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-4500M and Xeon Gold 6558Q 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)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads464
Base clock speed1.9 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache192 KBno data
L2 cache4 MB (shared)no data
L3 cache0 KB60 MB
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data66 °C
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on A8-4500M and Xeon Gold 6558Q 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 configuration1no data
SocketFS1r2FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-4500M and Xeon Gold 6558Q. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

A8-4500M and Xeon Gold 6558Q technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-4500M and Xeon Gold 6558Q 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 A8-4500M and Xeon Gold 6558Q. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesunknownDDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 7640G (496 - 685 MHz)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-4500M and Xeon Gold 6558Q.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 May 2012 1 October 2023
Physical cores 4 32
Threads 4 64
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 350 Watt

A8-4500M has 900% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6558Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, and 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between A8-4500M and Xeon Gold 6558Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A8-4500M is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6558Q is a server/workstation one.


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