Xeon Platinum 8490H vs PRO A6-8570

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Primary details

Comparing PRO A6-8570 and Xeon Platinum 8490H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2351not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency1.75no data
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release dateOctober 2018 (6 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$17,000

Detailed specifications

PRO A6-8570 and Xeon Platinum 8490H 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)60 (Hexaconta-Core)
Threads2120
Base clock speed3.5 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache1024 KB2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data112.5 MB
Chip lithography28 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size250 mm24x 477 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data79 °C
Number of transistors3,100 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on PRO A6-8570 and Xeon Platinum 8490H 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
SocketAM4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A6-8570 and Xeon Platinum 8490H. 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+-
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 A6-8570 and Xeon Platinum 8490H 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 A6-8570 and Xeon Platinum 8490H 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 PRO A6-8570 and Xeon Platinum 8490H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
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 Graphicsno data
iGPU core count6no data
Switchable graphics+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A6-8570 and Xeon Platinum 8490H integrated GPUs.

DisplayPortn/a-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A6-8570 and Xeon Platinum 8490H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A6-8570 and Xeon Platinum 8490H.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 60
Threads 2 120
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 350 Watt

PRO A6-8570 has 438.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8490H, on the other hand, has 2900% more physical cores and 5900% more threads.

We couldn't decide between PRO A6-8570 and Xeon Platinum 8490H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that PRO A6-8570 is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8490H is a server/workstation one.


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