A8-4500M vs Xeon Gold 5122
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 5122 outperforms A8-4500M by a whopping 423% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1427 | 2748 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.32 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | AMD A-Series |
| Power efficiency | 2.04 | 1.17 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Trinity (2012−2013) |
| Release date | 25 April 2017 (8 years ago) | 15 May 2012 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,221 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 5122 and A8-4500M 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 | 3.6 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Multiplier | 36 | no data |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 4 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | 16.5 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 246 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 71 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,178 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 5122 and A8-4500M 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 | FS1r2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5122 and A8-4500M. 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, FMA |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| 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 5122 and A8-4500M 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 5122 and A8-4500M are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5122 and A8-4500M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | unknown |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 128.001 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon HD 7640G (496 - 685 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5122 and A8-4500M.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 5.07 | 0.97 |
| Recency | 25 April 2017 | 15 May 2012 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 35 Watt |
Xeon Gold 5122 has a 422.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.
A8-4500M, on the other hand, has 200% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon Gold 5122 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A8-4500M in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 5122 is a server/workstation processor while A8-4500M is a notebook one.
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