A8-3820 vs Xeon E-2136

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E-2136 and A8-3820 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	892	2230
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	26.60	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon E	no data
Power efficiency	10.02	1.99
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake-S WS (2018−2019)	Llano (2011−2012)
Release date	12 July 2018 (6 years ago)	20 December 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$289	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E-2136 and A8-3820 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	12	4
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	33	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	154 mm2	228 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E-2136 and A8-3820 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA1151	FM1
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2136 and A8-3820. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon E-2136 and A8-3820 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2136 and A8-3820 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 E-2136 and A8-3820. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR3
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

Intel UHD Graphics P630

AMD Radeon HD 6550D

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2136 and A8-3820.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	8.47	1.37
Integrated graphics card	6.39	1.04
Recency	12 July 2018	20 December 2011
Physical cores	6	4
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	65 Watt

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