AMD A6-6420K vs Intel Xeon Silver 4110

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AMD A6-6420K CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Silver 4110
AMD A6-6420K Intel Xeon Silver 4110

CPU comparison

AMD A6-6420K or Intel Xeon Silver 4110 - 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 A6-6420K has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A6-6420K was released in Q1/2014.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4110 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Silver 4110 was released in Q3/2017.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Xeon Silver (32)
AMD A6-6000 (3) CPU group Intel Xeon Silver 4100 (8)
3 Generation 1
Richland (Piledriver) Architecture Skylake SP
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Xeon Silver 4210

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A6-6420K is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 4.00 GHz (4.20 GHz). The Intel Xeon Silver 4110 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.10 GHz (3.00 GHz).

AMD A6-6420K Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4110
2 Cores 8
2 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
4.00 GHz Frequency 2.10 GHz
4.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.00 GHz
4.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.60 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD A6-6420K Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4110
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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 8470D GPU no iGPU
0.80 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
5 GPU Generation --
32 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
3 Compute units --
192 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 8470D 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 A6-6420K supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Silver 4110 can connect up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

AMD A6-6420K Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4110
DDR3-1866 Memory DDR4-2400
Max. Memory 768 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
1.00 MB L3 Cache 11.00 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 A6-6420K has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Xeon Silver 4110 is 85 W.

AMD A6-6420K Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4110
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 85 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD A6-6420K has a 1.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Silver 4110 cache has a total of 11.00 MB.

AMD A6-6420K Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4110
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
Q1/2014 Release date Q3/2017
53 $ Release price 500 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD A6-6420K (72%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4110 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD A6-6420K (16%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4110 (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 A6-6420K AMD A6-6420K
2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz
607 (72%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4110 Intel Xeon Silver 4110
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
842 (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 A6-6420K AMD A6-6420K
2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz
923 (17%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4110 Intel Xeon Silver 4110
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
5483 (100%)

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 A6-6420K AMD A6-6420K
2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz
1542 (15%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4110 Intel Xeon Silver 4110
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
10037 (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 A6-6420K AMD A6-6420K
2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4110 Intel Xeon Silver 4110
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
1072 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-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 multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD A6-6420K AMD A6-6420K
2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4110 Intel Xeon Silver 4110
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
5327 (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 A6-6420K AMD A6-6420K
AMD Radeon HD 8470D @ 0.80 GHz
307 (100%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4110 Intel Xeon Silver 4110
@ 0.00 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 A6-6420K AMD A6-6420K
2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4110 Intel Xeon Silver 4110
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
131 (100%)

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 A6-6420K AMD A6-6420K
2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4110 Intel Xeon Silver 4110
8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
1148 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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