A4-5000 vs Xeon W3580

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W3580 and A4-5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1714	2480
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.17	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Architecture codename	Bloomfield (2008−2010)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	August 2009 (14 years ago)	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$215	no data
Current price	$375 (1.7x MSRP)	$248

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon W3580 and A4-5000 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	3.33 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	1.5 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	2048 KB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Die size	263 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	68 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	731 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W3580 and A4-5000 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	1	1
Socket	FCLGA1366	FT3
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W3580 and A4-5000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, DDR3L-1600
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	no data	FMA4
AVX	no data	+
PowerTune	no data	-
TrueAudio	no data	-
PowerNow	no data	+
PowerGating	no data	+
Out-of-band client management	no data	-
VirusProtect	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon W3580 and A4-5000 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 W3580 and A4-5000 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	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 W3580 and A4-5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	24 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	AMD Radeon HD 8330
Enduro	no data	+
Switchable graphics	no data	1
UVD	no data	+
VCE	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon W3580 and A4-5000 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon W3580 and A4-5000 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 W3580 and A4-5000.

PCIe version

no data

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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 W3580 outperforms A4-5000 by 177% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.33	0.84
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	15 Watt

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