A6-9220 vs Xeon E5-2678 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2678 v3 and A6-9220 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	752	2492
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.87	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Xeon	Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	2015 (9 years ago)	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Current price	$146	$411

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and A6-9220 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	24	2
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	2.9 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	160 KB
L2 cache	3072 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	30 MB	no data
Chip lithography	22 nm	28 nm
Die size	356 mm2	124.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	84 °C	no data
Number of transistors	5,560 million	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2678 v3 and A6-9220 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	no data
Socket	LGA2011-3	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	10-15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and A6-9220. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Single-Channel DDR4-2133, Virtualization,
AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and A6-9220 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and A6-9220 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and A6-9220. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3, DDR4

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and A6-9220.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
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.

Xeon E5-2678 v3 outperforms A6-9220 by 1060% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	9.51	0.82
Physical cores	12	2
Threads	24	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	10 Watt

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