Xeon E3-1240L v3 vs A8-5557M
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E3-1240L v3 outperforms A8-5557M by a whopping 210% 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 | 2663 | 1770 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.57 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD A-Series | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.19 | 13.83 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Richland (2013−2014) | Haswell-WS (2013−2014) |
| Release date | 1 June 2013 (12 years ago) | 11 May 2014 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $278 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
A8-5557M and Xeon E3-1240L v3 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.1 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 5 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 160 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 71 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 1,400 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A8-5557M and Xeon E3-1240L v3 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FP2 | FCLGA1150 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5557M and Xeon E3-1240L v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| SIPP | - | + |
| Fast Memory Access | no data | + |
Security technologies
A8-5557M and Xeon E3-1240L v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5557M and Xeon E3-1240L v3 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 A8-5557M and Xeon E3-1240L v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 25.6 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 8550G (554 - 720 MHz) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-5557M and Xeon E3-1240L v3.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
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 | 1.04 | 3.22 |
| Recency | 1 June 2013 | 11 May 2014 |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 25 Watt |
Xeon E3-1240L v3 has a 209.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 months, 100% more threads, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 40% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A8-5557M in performance tests.
Be aware that A8-5557M is a notebook processor while Xeon E3-1240L v3 is a server/workstation one.
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