Xeon E5-2637 vs Pro A8-8600B

Primary details

Comparing Pro A8-8600B and Xeon E5-2637 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2114	1874
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.15
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Carrizo	no data
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	6 March 2012 (12 years ago)
Current price	$500	$47

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pro A8-8600B and Xeon E5-2637 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	5120 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	294 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	70 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	1,270 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pro A8-8600B and Xeon E5-2637 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	2
Socket	FP4	FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A8-8600B and Xeon E5-2637. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	Intel® AVX
AES-NI	1	+
FMA	FMA4	no data
AVX	AVX	+
FRTC	1	no data
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
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	-
Demand Based Switching	no data	+
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

Pro A8-8600B and Xeon E5-2637 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
Identity Protection	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A8-8600B and Xeon E5-2637 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 A8-8600B and Xeon E5-2637. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3/DDR3L-2133	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	384 GB
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	51.2 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics	no data
iGPU core count	6	no data
Number of pipelines	384	no data
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A8-8600B and Xeon E5-2637 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A8-8600B and Xeon E5-2637 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	1	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A8-8600B and Xeon E5-2637.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	40

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 E5-2637 outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 36% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.42	1.93
Recency	3 June 2015	6 March 2012
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	80 Watt

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