AMD A8-5500B vs Intel Xeon Silver 4114

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AMD A8-5500B CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Silver 4114
AMD A8-5500B Intel Xeon Silver 4114

CPU comparison

AMD A8-5500B or Intel Xeon Silver 4114 - 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 A8-5500B has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A8-5500B was released in Q4/2012.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4114 has 10 cores with 20 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 4114 was released in Q3/2017.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Xeon Silver (32)
AMD A8-5000 (3) CPU group Intel Xeon Silver 4100 (8)
2 Generation 1
Trinity (Piledriver) Architecture Skylake SP
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Xeon Silver 4214

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A8-5500B has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A8-5500B is 3.20 GHz (3.70 GHz) while the Intel Xeon Silver 4114 has 10 CPU cores and 20 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Silver 4114 is at 2.20 GHz (3.00 GHz).

AMD A8-5500B Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4114
4 Cores 10
4 Threads 20
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.20 GHz Frequency 2.20 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.00 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.60 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 A8-5500B Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4114
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD A8-5500B or Intel Xeon Silver 4114 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon HD 7560D GPU no iGPU
0.76 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
4 GPU Generation --
32 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
4 Compute units --
256 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11 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 7560D 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 A8-5500B can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 29.9 GB/s. The Intel Xeon Silver 4114 supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 115.2 GB/s.

AMD A8-5500B Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4114
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 --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 14.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A8-5500B is 65 W, while the Intel Xeon Silver 4114 has a TDP of 85 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD A8-5500B Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4114
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 85 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD A8-5500B is manufactured in 32 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Silver 4114 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 14.00 MB cache.

AMD A8-5500B Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4114
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
Q4/2012 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price 780 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD A8-5500B (48%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4114 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD A8-5500B (22%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4114 (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 A8-5500B AMD A8-5500B
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
411 (48%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4114 Intel Xeon Silver 4114
10C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
863 (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 A8-5500B AMD A8-5500B
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1141 (15%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4114 Intel Xeon Silver 4114
10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz
7528 (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 A8-5500B AMD A8-5500B
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
3615 (28%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4114 Intel Xeon Silver 4114
10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz
12901 (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 A8-5500B AMD A8-5500B
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4114 Intel Xeon Silver 4114
10C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
1067 (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 A8-5500B AMD A8-5500B
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389 (100%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4114 Intel Xeon Silver 4114
@ 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 A8-5500B AMD A8-5500B
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4114 Intel Xeon Silver 4114
10C 20T @ 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 A8-5500B AMD A8-5500B
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4114 Intel Xeon Silver 4114
10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz
1439 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A8-5500B Intel Xeon Silver 4114
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