Intel Xeon W-3275M vs AMD A8-5600K

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon W-3275M CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A8-5600K
Intel Xeon W-3275M AMD A8-5600K

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon W-3275M or AMD A8-5600K - 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 Intel Xeon W-3275M has 28 cores with 56 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. Up to 2048 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon W-3275M was released in Q2/2019.

The AMD A8-5600K has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A8-5600K was released in Q3/2012.
Intel Xeon W (83) Family AMD A (112)
Intel Xeon W-2200/3200 (17) CPU group AMD A8-5000 (3)
7 Generation 2
Cascade Lake W Architecture Trinity (Piledriver)
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon W-3275M has 28 CPU cores and can calculate 56 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon W-3275M is 2.50 GHz (4.60 GHz) while the AMD A8-5600K has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD A8-5600K is at 3.60 GHz (3.90 GHz).

Intel Xeon W-3275M Characteristic AMD A8-5600K
28 Cores 4
56 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.50 GHz Frequency 3.60 GHz
4.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.90 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.90 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.

Intel Xeon W-3275M Characteristic AMD A8-5600K
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon W-3275M or AMD A8-5600K 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.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon HD 7560D
GPU frequency 0.76 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation 4
Technology 32 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 4
-- Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 11

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.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon HD 7560D
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon W-3275M can use up to 2048 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 140.7 GB/s. The AMD A8-5600K supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Xeon W-3275M Characteristic AMD A8-5600K
DDR4-2933 Memory DDR3-1866
2048 GB Max. Memory
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
140.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
38.50 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version --
64 PCIe lanes --
63.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon W-3275M is 205 W, while the AMD A8-5600K has a TDP of 100 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon W-3275M Characteristic AMD A8-5600K
205 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 100 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon W-3275M is manufactured in 14 nm and has 38.50 MB cache. The AMD A8-5600K is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon W-3275M Characteristic AMD A8-5600K
14 nm Technology 32 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
LGA 3647 Socket FM2
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2019 Release date Q3/2012
7450 $ Release price 95 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

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.
Intel Xeon W-3275M Intel Xeon W-3275M
28C 56T @ 4.60 GHz
1203 (100%)
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
501 (42%)

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.
Intel Xeon W-3275M Intel Xeon W-3275M
28C 56T @ 3.40 GHz
21369 (100%)
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1396 (7%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.
Intel Xeon W-3275M Intel Xeon W-3275M
28C 56T @ 4.60 GHz
437 (100%)
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
193 (44%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.
Intel Xeon W-3275M Intel Xeon W-3275M
28C 56T @ 3.40 GHz
11020 (100%)
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
611 (6%)

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.
Intel Xeon W-3275M Intel Xeon W-3275M
28C 56T @ 3.40 GHz
39988 (100%)
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
2799 (7%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.
Intel Xeon W-3275M Intel Xeon W-3275M
28C 56T @ 4.60 GHz
1107 (100%)
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.
Intel Xeon W-3275M Intel Xeon W-3275M
28C 56T @ 3.40 GHz
28051 (100%)
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Xeon W-3275M Intel Xeon W-3275M
28C 56T @ 4.60 GHz
1410 (100%)
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Xeon W-3275M Intel Xeon W-3275M
28C 56T @ 3.40 GHz
10762 (100%)
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Xeon W-3275M Intel Xeon W-3275M
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Xeon W-3275M Intel Xeon W-3275M
28C 56T @ 3.40 GHz
350 (100%)
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 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.
Intel Xeon W-3275M Intel Xeon W-3275M
28C 56T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
711 (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.
Intel Xeon W-3275M Intel Xeon W-3275M
28C 56T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
280 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon W-3275M AMD A8-5600K
Apple Mac Pro (2019) Unknown

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