Xeon E-2456 vs A9-9400 SoC

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Primary details

Comparing A9-9400 SoC and Xeon E-2456 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated475
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data93.22
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiencyno data17.70
Architecture codenameStoney Ridge (2016−2019)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date31 May 2016 (8 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$375

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A9-9400 SoC and Xeon E-2456 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 cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus rateno data16 GT/s
L1 cache160 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size125 mm2163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on A9-9400 SoC and Xeon E-2456 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 configuration11
SocketFT4FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A9-9400 SoC and Xeon E-2456. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

A9-9400 SoC and Xeon E-2456 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A9-9400 SoC and Xeon E-2456 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 A9-9400 SoC and Xeon E-2456. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardRadeon R5 3CUN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A9-9400 SoC and Xeon E-2456.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes816

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 May 2016 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 80 Watt

A9-9400 SoC has 700% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2456, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between A9-9400 SoC and Xeon E-2456. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A9-9400 SoC is a desktop processor while Xeon E-2456 is a server/workstation one.


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