AMD A8-6500T vs Intel Xeon Gold 6138F

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AMD A8-6500T CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
AMD A8-6500T Intel Xeon Gold 6138F

CPU comparison

AMD A8-6500T or Intel Xeon Gold 6138F - 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 A8-6500T has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A8-6500T was released in Q3/2013.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6138F has 20 cores with 40 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6138F was released in Q3/2017.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
AMD A8-6000 (4) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 (34)
3 Generation 1
Richland (Piledriver) Architecture Skylake
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A8-6500T has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A8-6500T is 2.10 GHz (3.10 GHz) while the Intel Xeon Gold 6138F has 20 CPU cores and 40 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6138F is at 2.00 GHz (3.70 GHz).

AMD A8-6500T Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
4 Cores 20
4 Threads 40
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
2.10 GHz Frequency 2.00 GHz
3.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
3.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.80 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 A8-6500T Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD A8-6500T or Intel Xeon Gold 6138F 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 8550D GPU no iGPU
0.72 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
5 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 --
11.2 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 8550D 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 A8-6500T can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 29.9 GB/s. The Intel Xeon Gold 6138F supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 128.1 GB/s.

AMD A8-6500T Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
DDR3-1866 Memory DDR4-2666
Max. Memory 768 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 128.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 28.00 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 A8-6500T is 45 W, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6138F has a TDP of 125 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD A8-6500T Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 125 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD A8-6500T is manufactured in 32 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Gold 6138F is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 28.00 MB cache.

AMD A8-6500T Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
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
Q3/2013 Release date Q3/2017
85 $ Release price 2750 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD A8-6500T (40%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6138F (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD A8-6500T (7%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6138F (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 A8-6500T AMD A8-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
65 (40%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6138F Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
20C 40T @ 3.70 GHz
161 (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 A8-6500T AMD A8-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
211 (7%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6138F Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
20C 40T @ 2.80 GHz
3069 (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 A8-6500T AMD A8-6500T
AMD Radeon HD 8550D @ 0.72 GHz
369 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6138F Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
@ 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 A8-6500T AMD A8-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
3304 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6138F Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
20C 40T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A8-6500T Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
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