Xeon 6980P vs Pro A10-8700B

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Primary details

Comparing Pro A10-8700B and Xeon 6980P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2190not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Carrizono data
Power efficiency3.77no data
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Granite Rapids (2024)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)24 September 2024 (recently)

Detailed specifications

Pro A10-8700B and Xeon 6980P 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)128
Threads4256
Base clock speed1.8 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cacheno data112 KB (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data504 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm5 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pro A10-8700B and Xeon 6980P 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 configurationno data2
SocketFP47529
Power consumption (TDP)12 - 35 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A10-8700B and Xeon 6980P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0no data
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
AVXAVX+
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
RAID+-
HSA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Pro A10-8700B and Xeon 6980P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A10-8700B and Xeon 6980P are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A10-8700B and Xeon 6980P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-2133DDR5
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R6 GraphicsN/A
iGPU core count6no data
Number of pipelines384no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A10-8700B and Xeon 6980P integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A10-8700B and Xeon 6980P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A10-8700B and Xeon 6980P.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data96

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2015 24 September 2024
Physical cores 4 128
Threads 4 256
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 500 Watt

Pro A10-8700B has 4066.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon 6980P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, 3100% more physical cores and 6300% more threads, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pro A10-8700B and Xeon 6980P. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pro A10-8700B is a notebook processor while Xeon 6980P is a server/workstation one.


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