Xeon Gold 6403N vs A9-9400 SoC

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A9-9400 SoC A9-9400 SoC
Xeon Gold 6403N Xeon Gold 6403N

Primary details

Comparing A9-9400 SoC and Xeon Gold 6403N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Architecture codenameStoney Ridge (2016−2019)no data
Release date31 May 2016 (8 years ago)1 July 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

A9-9400 SoC and Xeon Gold 6403N 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads248
Base clock speed2.4 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.6 GHz
L1 cache160 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache0 KB45 MB
Chip lithography28 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size125 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °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 Gold 6403N 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
SocketFT4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A9-9400 SoC and Xeon Gold 6403N. 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++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

A9-9400 SoC and Xeon Gold 6403N 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 A9-9400 SoC and Xeon Gold 6403N 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 Gold 6403N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-4000
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardRadeon R5 3CUno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A9-9400 SoC and Xeon Gold 6403N.

PCIe version3.04
PCI Express lanes864

Pros & cons summary

Recency 31 May 2016 1 July 2023
Physical cores 2 24
Threads 2 48
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 185 Watt

A9-9400 SoC has 1750% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6403N, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between A9-9400 SoC and Xeon Gold 6403N. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A9-9400 SoC is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6403N is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between A9-9400 SoC and Xeon Gold 6403N, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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