Xeon Gold 6544Y vs PRO A6-8550B

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Primary details

Comparing PRO A6-8550B and Xeon Gold 6544Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2363not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency1.72no data
Architecture codenameGodaveri (2014−2016)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date29 September 2015 (9 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,622

Detailed specifications

PRO A6-8550B and Xeon Gold 6544Y 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads232
Base clock speed3.5 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1024 KB2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data45 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size245 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature71 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °C75 °C
Number of transistors2,411 millionno data
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on PRO A6-8550B and Xeon Gold 6544Y 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 configuration12
SocketFM2+FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A6-8550B and Xeon Gold 6544Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
RAID+-
HSA+-
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

PRO A6-8550B and Xeon Gold 6544Y 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 PRO A6-8550B and Xeon Gold 6544Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A6-8550B and Xeon Gold 6544Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-2133DDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channels28
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R5 GraphicsN/A
iGPU core count4no data
จำนวนพาธไลน์256no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A6-8550B and Xeon Gold 6544Y integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A6-8550B and Xeon Gold 6544Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A6-8550B and Xeon Gold 6544Y.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes1680

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 September 2015 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 16
Threads 2 32
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 270 Watt

PRO A6-8550B has 315.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6544Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between PRO A6-8550B and Xeon Gold 6544Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that PRO A6-8550B is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6544Y is a server/workstation one.


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