Xeon Platinum 8460H vs A9-9420

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Primary details

Comparing A9-9420 and Xeon Platinum 8460H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2507not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Bristol Ridgeno data
Power efficiency5.93no data
Architecture codenameStoney Ridge (2016−2019)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date31 May 2016 (8 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$10,710

Detailed specifications

A9-9420 and Xeon Platinum 8460H 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)40 (Tetraconta-Core)
Threads280
Base clock speed3 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.8 GHz
L1 cache160 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (shared)2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data105 MB
Chip lithography28 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size125 mm24x 477 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °C76 °C
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on A9-9420 and Xeon Platinum 8460H 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 configuration18
SocketFT4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt330 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A9-9420 and Xeon Platinum 8460H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsVirtualization,Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

A9-9420 and Xeon Platinum 8460H 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 A9-9420 and Xeon Platinum 8460H 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 A9-9420 and Xeon Platinum 8460H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardRadeon R5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A9-9420 and Xeon Platinum 8460H.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 May 2016 10 January 2023
Physical cores 2 40
Threads 2 80
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 330 Watt

A9-9420 has 2100% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8460H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and 1900% more physical cores and 3900% more threads.

We couldn't decide between A9-9420 and Xeon Platinum 8460H. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A9-9420 is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8460H is a server/workstation one.


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