A4-5050 vs Xeon Bronze 3104
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Bronze 3104 outperforms A4-5050 by a whopping 232% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1956 | 2875 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.44 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon Bronze | AMD A-Series |
| Power efficiency | 3.14 | 5.36 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Kabini (2013−2014) |
| Release date | 11 July 2017 (8 years ago) | 1 February 2014 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $213 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Bronze 3104 and A4-5050 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 6 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.7 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1.7 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| Multiplier | 17 | no data |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 6 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8.25 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 246 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 78 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,178 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Bronze 3104 and A4-5050 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 | 2 (Multiprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | FT3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and A4-5050. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon Bronze 3104 and A4-5050 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 Xeon Bronze 3104 and A4-5050 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and A4-5050. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2133 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 102.403 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon HD 8330 (? - 500 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and A4-5050.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | no data |
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 | 2.49 | 0.75 |
| Recency | 11 July 2017 | 1 February 2014 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 4 |
| Threads | 6 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 15 Watt |
Xeon Bronze 3104 has a 232% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.
A4-5050, on the other hand, has 466.7% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A4-5050 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Bronze 3104 is a server/workstation processor while A4-5050 is a notebook one.
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