A6-7310 vs Xeon E5520

Place in the ranking	2096	2048
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.58	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	1.88	6.40
Architecture codename	Gainestown (2009−2010)	Carrizo-L (2015)
Release date	30 March 2009 (15 years ago)	7 May 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$19	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5520 and A6-7310 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	2.26 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.53 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	2048 KB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Die size	263 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	72 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	731 million	930 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5520 and A6-7310 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	FCLGA1366	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	12-25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5520 and A6-7310. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VT
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	FMA4
AVX	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5520 and A6-7310 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 E5520 and A6-7310 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 E5520 and A6-7310. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3L-1866
Maximum memory size	144 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	N/A	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5520 and A6-7310 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5520 and A6-7310 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5520 and A6-7310.

PCIe version

2.0

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 E5520 1.59

A6-7310 1.69
+6.3%

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 E5520 2529

A6-7310 2689
+6.3%

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 E5520 348
+52.6%

A6-7310 228

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 E5520 1448
+145%

A6-7310 591

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.59	1.69
Recency	30 March 2009	7 May 2015
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	12 Watt

Xeon E5520 has 100% more threads.

A6-7310, on the other hand, has a 6.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon E5520 and A6-7310.

Be aware that Xeon E5520 is a server/workstation processor while A6-7310 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5520 and A6-7310, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.