AMD A12-9700P vs Intel Xeon Gold 6230R

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AMD A12-9700P CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
AMD A12-9700P Intel Xeon Gold 6230R

CPU comparison

AMD A12-9700P or Intel Xeon Gold 6230R - 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 A12-9700P has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A12-9700P was released in Q4/2016.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6230R has 26 cores with 52 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6230R was released in Q1/2020.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
AMD A12-9700 (2) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)
6 Generation 2
Excavator (Bristol Ridge) Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A12-9700P is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (3.40 GHz). The Intel Xeon Gold 6230R has 26 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.10 GHz (4.00 GHz).

AMD A12-9700P Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
4 Cores 26
4 Threads 52
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.50 GHz Frequency 2.10 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.00 GHz
2.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.30 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 A12-9700P Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
-- 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 R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) GPU no iGPU
0.76 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
6 GPU Generation --
28 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
8 Compute units --
512 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 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 R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) 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 A12-9700P supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6230R can connect up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

AMD A12-9700P Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
DDR4-1866 Memory DDR4-2933
64 GB Max. Memory 1024 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 140.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 35.75 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
8 PCIe lanes 48
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A12-9700P has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Intel Xeon Gold 6230R is 150 W.

AMD A12-9700P Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 150 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
90 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD A12-9700P has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6230R cache has a total of 35.75 MB.

AMD A12-9700P Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
FP4 Socket LGA 3647
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2016 Release date Q1/2020
-- Release price 1894 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD A12-9700P (47%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6230R (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD A12-9700P (9%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6230R (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 A12-9700P AMD A12-9700P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
481 (47%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6230R Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
26C 52T @ 4.00 GHz
1027 (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 A12-9700P AMD A12-9700P
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1239 (9%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6230R Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
26C 52T @ 2.30 GHz
13953 (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 A12-9700P AMD A12-9700P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6230R Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
26C 52T @ 4.00 GHz
1367 (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 A12-9700P AMD A12-9700P
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) @ 0.76 GHz
782 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6230R Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
@ 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 A12-9700P AMD A12-9700P
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6230R Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
26C 52T @ 2.30 GHz
34208 (100%)

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 A12-9700P AMD A12-9700P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
72 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6230R Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
26C 52T @ 4.00 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 A12-9700P AMD A12-9700P
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
223 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6230R Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
26C 52T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A12-9700P Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
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