A10-9600P vs Xeon E5-2680 v4

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2680 v4
2016
14 cores / 28 threads, 120 Watt
11.51
+662%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by a whopping 662% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2680 v4 and A10-9600P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking6322050
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation25.77no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon (Desktop)AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codenameBroadwell-EP (2016)Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date10 March 2016 (8 years ago)1 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,745no data
Current price$141 (0.1x MSRP)$494

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2680 v4 and A10-9600P 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads284
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus support9.6 GT/s / QPIno data
L1 cache448 KBno data
L2 cache3.5 MB2048 KB
L3 cache35 MBno data
Chip lithography14 nm28 nm
Die size306 mm2250 mm2
Maximum core temperature86 °C90 °C
Number of transistors4700 Million3100 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2680 v4 and A10-9600P 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA2011FP4
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and A10-9600P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Dual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8
AES-NI+1
FMAno dataFMA4
AVX+no data
FRTCno data1
FreeSyncno data1
PowerTuneno data-
DualGraphicsno data1
TrueAudiono data-
PowerNowno data-
PowerGatingno data-
Out-of-band client managementno data-
VirusProtectno data-
RAIDno data-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
StatusLaunchedno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2680 v4 and A10-9600P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection-no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and A10-9600P are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data1
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data
IOMMU 2.0no data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and A10-9600P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400DDR3, DDR4-1866
Maximum memory size1.5 TBno data
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core countno data6
Endurono data+
Switchable graphicsno data1
UVDno data+
VCEno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5-2680 v4 and A10-9600P integrated GPUs.

DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and A10-9600P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkanno data1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and A10-9600P.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes408

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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 E5-2680 v4 11.51
+662%
A10-9600P 1.51

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 662% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 17801
+660%
A10-9600P 2343

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 660% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 1012
+123%
A10-9600P 454

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 123% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 6972
+580%
A10-9600P 1026

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 580% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 3707
+51.5%
A10-9600P 2447

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 51% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 30922
+375%
A10-9600P 6508

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 375% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 8286
+152%
A10-9600P 3287

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 152% in 3DMark06 CPU.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 18
+579%
A10-9600P 3

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 579% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 1657
+667%
A10-9600P 216

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 667% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 100
+31.6%
A10-9600P 76

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 32% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 1.13
+25.6%
A10-9600P 0.9

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 26% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 9.4
+527%
A10-9600P 1.5

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 527% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 6323
+314%
A10-9600P 1526

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 314% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 79
+384%
A10-9600P 16

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 384% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 137
+60%
A10-9600P 85

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 60% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 26961
+397%
A10-9600P 5423

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 397% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 2275
+9.7%
A10-9600P 2074

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 10% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 21194
+350%
A10-9600P 4711

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 350% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

Xeon E5-2680 v4 2961
+44.7%
A10-9600P 2047

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms A10-9600P by 45% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.51 1.51
Recency 10 March 2016 1 June 2016
Physical cores 14 4
Threads 28 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 15 Watt

The Xeon E5-2680 v4 is our recommended choice as it beats the A10-9600P in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2680 v4 is a server/workstation processor while A10-9600P is a notebook one.


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