A8-5545M vs Xeon L5506

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2549	2783
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.19	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	0.89	1.57
Designer	Intel	AMD
Manufacturer	Intel	no data
Architecture codename	Gainestown (2009−2010)	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	30 March 2009 (17 years ago)	1 June 2013 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$125	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Basic parameters of Xeon L5506 and A8-5545M: 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	4	4
Base clock speed	2.13 GHz	1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.13 GHz	2.7 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	263 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	70 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	71 °C
Number of transistors	731 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5506 and A8-5545M 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	1
Socket	FCLGA1366	FP2
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5506 and A8-5545M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon L5506 and A8-5545M 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 L5506 and A8-5545M 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 L5506 and A8-5545M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	144 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	19.2 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

AMD Radeon HD 8510G (450 - 554 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5506 and A8-5545M.

PCIe version

2.0

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.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.26	0.93
Recency	30 March 2009	1 June 2013
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	25 Watt