A4-5000 vs Xeon Gold 5120T

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5120T and A4-5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	680	2581
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.69	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	10.28	5.17
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,727	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5120T and A4-5000 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	14 (Tetradeca-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	28	4
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	1.5 GHz
Multiplier	22	no data
L1 cache	896 KB	no data
L2 cache	14 MB	2048 KB
L3 cache	19.25 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	89 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5120T and A4-5000 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	4 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	FT3
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5120T and A4-5000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	FMA4
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5120T and A4-5000 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 Gold 5120T and A4-5000 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 Gold 5120T and A4-5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3
Maximum memory size	768 GB	no data
Max memory channels	6	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	AMD Radeon HD 8330
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Gold 5120T and A4-5000 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Gold 5120T and A4-5000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5120T and A4-5000.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	48	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	11.84	0.85
Recency	11 July 2017	23 May 2013
Physical cores	14	4
Threads	28	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	15 Watt

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