AMD A10-6800K vs Intel Xeon Gold 5218N

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AMD A10-6800K CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
AMD A10-6800K Intel Xeon Gold 5218N

CPU comparison

AMD A10-6800K or Intel Xeon Gold 5218N - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD A10-6800K has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-6800K was released in Q2/2013.

The Intel Xeon Gold 5218N has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5218N was released in Q2/2019.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
AMD A10-6000 (4) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)
3 Generation 2
Richland (Piledriver) Architecture Cascade Lake
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A10-6800K is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 4.10 GHz (4.40 GHz). The Intel Xeon Gold 5218N has 16 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz (3.70 GHz).

AMD A10-6800K Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
4 Cores 16
4 Threads 32
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
4.10 GHz Frequency 2.30 GHz
4.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
4.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.50 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD A10-6800K Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon HD 8670D GPU no iGPU
0.84 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
5 GPU Generation --
32 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
6 Compute units --
384 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.2 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon HD 8670D GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD A10-6800K supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5218N can connect up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

AMD A10-6800K Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
DDR3-2133 Memory DDR4-2666
Max. Memory 1024 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
34.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 128.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 22.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A10-6800K has a TDP of 100 W, that of the Intel Xeon Gold 5218N is 110 W.

AMD A10-6800K Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
100 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 110 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD A10-6800K has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Gold 5218N cache has a total of 22.00 MB.

AMD A10-6800K Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
32 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
FM2 Socket LGA 3647
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2013 Release date Q2/2019
120 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD A10-6800K (53%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD A10-6800K (12%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
541 (53%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
1014 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
1501 (12%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz
12732 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
1232 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
AMD Radeon HD 8670D @ 0.84 GHz
648 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
5014 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
309.5 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
813 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
74 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
272 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A10-6800K Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
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