A9-9420 vs Xeon Gold 6230

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6230 and A9-9420 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	336	2397
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	27.20	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	31 May 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,894	no data
Current price	$714 (0.4x MSRP)	$440

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6230 and A9-9420 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	20 (Icosa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	40	2
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	1.25 MB	160 KB
L2 cache	20 MB	1 MB (shared)
L3 cache	27.5 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	125 mm2
Maximum core temperature	87 °C	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6230 and A9-9420 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	FT4
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6230 and A9-9420. 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	Single-Channel DDR4-2133, Virtualization,
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
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	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6230 and A9-9420 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 6230 and A9-9420 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
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 6230 and A9-9420. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Radeon R5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6230 and A9-9420.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	8

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.

Xeon Gold 6230 outperforms A9-9420 by 1704% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	17.50	0.97
Recency	2 April 2019	31 May 2016
Physical cores	20	2
Threads	40	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	15 Watt

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