A4-6300B vs Xeon Silver 4310
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4310 outperforms A4-6300B by a whopping 1546% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 717 | 2921 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Power efficiency | 4.40 | 0.49 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Ice Lake-SP (2021) | Richland (2013−2014) |
| Release date | 6 April 2021 (5 years ago) | 1 June 2013 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon Silver 4310 and A4-6300B 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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 24 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 96K |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 1 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | 18 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 246 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 82 °C | 70 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,303 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Silver 4310 and A4-6300B 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 | FCLGA4189 | FM2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4310 and A4-6300B. 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 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| 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 | + | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Silver 4310 and A4-6300B technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® SPS | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4310 and A4-6300B 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 Silver 4310 and A4-6300B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2667 | DDR3-1600 |
| Maximum memory size | 6 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 8 | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Radeon HD 8370D |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4310 and A4-6300B.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 64 | 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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 12.51 | 0.76 |
| Recency | 6 April 2021 | 1 June 2013 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 2 |
| Threads | 24 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 65 Watt |
Xeon Silver 4310 has a 1546% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.
A4-6300B, on the other hand, has 85% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon Silver 4310 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A4-6300B in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Silver 4310 is a server/workstation processor while A4-6300B is a desktop one.
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