Pro A8-8600B vs Xeon E5450

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5450
2007
80 Watt
1.63
+18.1%
Pro A8-8600B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.38

Xeon E5450 outperforms Pro A8-8600B by a moderate 18% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5450 and Pro A8-8600B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20952235
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Carrizo
Power efficiency1.933.73
Architecture codenameno dataCarrizo (2015−2018)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)3 June 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5450 and Pro A8-8600B 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 coresno data4 (Quad-Core)
Threadsno data4
Base clock speed3 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3 GHz
L2 cacheno data2048 KB
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography45 nm28 nm
Maximum core temperature67 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data3100 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5450 and Pro A8-8600B 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.

SocketLGA771FP4
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt12-35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5450 and Pro A8-8600B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataHSA 1.0
AES-NI-+
FMA-FMA4
AVX-AVX
FRTC-+
FreeSync-+
TrueAudio-+
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
Out-of-band client management-+
VirusProtect-+
RAID-+
HSA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5450 and Pro A8-8600B 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 E5450 and Pro A8-8600B are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data
EPT-no data
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5450 and Pro A8-8600B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3/DDR3L-2133
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon R6 Graphics
iGPU core countno data6
จำนวนพาธไลน์no data384
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5450 and Pro A8-8600B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5450 and Pro A8-8600B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5450 and Pro A8-8600B.

PCIe versionno data3.0

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 E5450 1.63
+18.1%
Pro A8-8600B 1.38

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.

Xeon E5450 2582
+17.9%
Pro A8-8600B 2190

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.

Xeon E5450 389
Pro A8-8600B 440
+13.1%

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.

Xeon E5450 1100
+8.8%
Pro A8-8600B 1011

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.63 1.38
Recency 1 October 2007 3 June 2015
Chip lithography 45 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 12 Watt

Xeon E5450 has a 18.1% higher aggregate performance score.

Pro A8-8600B, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5450 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pro A8-8600B in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5450 is a server/workstation processor while Pro A8-8600B is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5450 and Pro A8-8600B, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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