A10-7300 vs Xeon E5-2609 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2609 v4 and A10-7300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1550	2401
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.55	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E5	AMD Kaveri
Power efficiency	3.82	5.48
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	4 June 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$306	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2609 v4 and A10-7300 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	8 (Octa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	1.7 GHz	1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.7 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	2 × 6.4 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	17	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	4096 KB
L3 cache	20 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	245 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3200 Million	2410 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2609 v4 and A10-7300 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)	no data
Socket	FCLGA2011	FP3
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	19 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2609 v4 and A10-7300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
FRTC	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
HSA	-	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2609 v4 and A10-7300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2609 v4 and A10-7300 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 E5-2609 v4 and A10-7300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866	DDR3
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	no data
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	6
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5-2609 v4 and A10-7300 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5-2609 v4 and A10-7300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2609 v4 and A10-7300.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	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	3.43	1.10
Recency	20 June 2016	4 June 2014
Physical cores	8	4
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	19 Watt

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