AMD A8-6500 vs Intel Xeon E5540

Table of Contents

Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket FM2 Intel Socket 1366
Process size 32 nm 45 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 731 million
Die size 246 mm² 263 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA8
tCaseMax 71°C
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 3.5 GHz 2.533 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4.1 GHz up to 2.8 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 35.0x 19.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.475 V 1.35 V
TDP 65 W 80 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status unknown End-of-life
Release date Jun 1st, 2013 Mar 30th, 2009
Codename Richland Gainestown
Generation A8 Xeon
Part AD6500OKA44HL SLBF6
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 8
SMP # CPUs 1 2
Integrated graphics Radeon HD 8570D

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 8MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
CnQ Yes
EIST Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TXT Yes
VT-x Yes
XD-Bit Yes

Compare

Sysrqmts browser extension icon
Stop overpaying for PC games!
See cheapest prices in Steam store with our browser extension.