PRO A10-9700 vs Xeon Silver 4314

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4314 and PRO A10-9700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	281	1703
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	25.04	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Ice Lake-SP (2021)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)	27 July 2017 (6 years ago)
Current price	$1210	$31

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4314 and PRO A10-9700 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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	32	4
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.8 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	2048 KB
L3 cache	24 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	10 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	250 mm2
Maximum core temperature	86 °C	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	86 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	3,100 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4314 and PRO A10-9700 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	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	135 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4314 and PRO A10-9700. 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	no data	+
AVX	+	+
FRTC	no data	1
FreeSync	no data	1
PowerTune	no data	+
TrueAudio	no data	+
PowerNow	no data	+
PowerGating	no data	+
Out-of-band client management	no data	+
VirusProtect	no data	+
RAID	no data	-
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
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4314 and PRO A10-9700 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 4314 and PRO A10-9700 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data
IOMMU 2.0	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4314 and PRO A10-9700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	6 TB	no data
Max memory channels	8	2
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	6
Enduro	no data	+
UVD	no data	+
VCE	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Silver 4314 and PRO A10-9700 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Silver 4314 and PRO A10-9700 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	no data	1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4314 and PRO A10-9700.

PCIe version	4.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	64	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 Silver 4314 outperforms PRO A10-9700 by 701% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	18.91	2.36
Recency	6 April 2021	27 July 2017
Physical cores	16	4
Threads	32	4
Chip lithography	10 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	135 Watt	65 Watt

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