Xeon Gold 5217 vs Pro A12-8800B

Primary details

Comparing Pro A12-8800B and Xeon Gold 5217 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1979	718
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	6.41
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Carrizo	Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,522
Current price	no data	$1391 (0.9x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pro A12-8800B and Xeon Gold 5217 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	512 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	8 MB
L3 cache	no data	11 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	79 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pro A12-8800B and Xeon Gold 5217 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 configuration	no data	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FP4	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A12-8800B and Xeon Gold 5217. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	1	+
FMA	FMA4	no data
AVX	AVX	+
FreeSync	1	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
Out-of-band client management	+	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data
RAID	+	no data
HSA	+	no data
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	no data	Launched

Security technologies

Pro A12-8800B and Xeon Gold 5217 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A12-8800B and Xeon Gold 5217 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	1	no data
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A12-8800B and Xeon Gold 5217. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3/DDR3L-2133	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	no data	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	no data
iGPU core count	8	no data
Number of pipelines	512	no data
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A12-8800B and Xeon Gold 5217 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A12-8800B and Xeon Gold 5217 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

DirectX® 12

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A12-8800B and Xeon Gold 5217.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	48

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Gold 5217 outperforms Pro A12-8800B by 498% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.67	9.98
Recency	3 June 2015	2 April 2019
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	4	16
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	115 Watt

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