PRO A6-9500E vs Xeon 6741P
Aggregate performance score
Xeon 6741P outperforms PRO A6-9500E by a whopping 5866% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 29 | 2667 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Power efficiency | 8.07 | 1.16 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | GlobalFoundries |
| Architecture codename | no data | Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) |
| Release date | 1 January 2025 (less than a year ago) | 3 October 2016 (8 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon 6741P and PRO A6-9500E 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 | 48 (Octatetraconta-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 96 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| L2 cache | no data | 1024 KB |
| L3 cache | 288 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | Intel 3 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | no data | 250 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 79 °C | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 3,100 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon 6741P and PRO A6-9500E 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA4710 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 6741P and PRO A6-9500E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| FRTC | - | + |
| FreeSync | - | + |
| PowerTune | - | + |
| TrueAudio | - | + |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| PowerGating | - | + |
| Out-of-band client management | - | + |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon 6741P and PRO A6-9500E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| SGX | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 6741P and PRO A6-9500E are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
| IOMMU 2.0 | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 6741P and PRO A6-9500E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5(6400MT/s) | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | 4 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 8 | 2 |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon R5 Graphics |
| iGPU core count | no data | 4 |
| Enduro | - | + |
| UVD | - | + |
| VCE | - | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Xeon 6741P and PRO A6-9500E integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Xeon 6741P and PRO A6-9500E integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | DirectX® 12 |
| Vulkan | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 6741P and PRO A6-9500E.
| PCIe version | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 136 | 8 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 57.27 | 0.96 |
| Recency | 1 January 2025 | 3 October 2016 |
| Physical cores | 48 | 2 |
| Threads | 96 | 2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 35 Watt |
Xeon 6741P has a 5865.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and 2300% more physical cores and 4700% more threads.
PRO A6-9500E, on the other hand, has 757.1% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon 6741P is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD PRO A6-9500E in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon 6741P is a server/workstation processor while PRO A6-9500E is a desktop one.
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