AMD A4-5150M vs Intel Xeon E5-2658

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-5150M and Intel Xeon E5-2658 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD A4-5150M

Intel Xeon E5-2658

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-5150M

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 38% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Around 19% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 88°C
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt

Launch date	12 March 2013 vs March 2012
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105 °C vs 88°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
14 more threads: 16 vs 2
5.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1096 vs 947
10.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10053 vs 957

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	16 vs 2
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 96 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1096 vs 947
PassMark - CPU mark	10053 vs 957

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-5150M
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

947

1096

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

957

10053

Name	AMD A4-5150M	Intel Xeon E5-2658
PassMark - Single thread mark	947	1096
PassMark - CPU mark	957	10053
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1749
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	2416

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A4-5150M	Intel Xeon E5-2658
Essentials
Architecture codename	Richland	Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date	12 March 2013	March 2012
Place in performance rating	1851	1869
Series	AMD A-Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment	Laptop	Embedded
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,462
Price now		$1,462
Processor Number		E5-2658
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		1.91
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	246 mm	435 mm
L1 cache	96 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	105 °C
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	88°C
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	2.40 GHz
Number of cores	2	8
Number of threads	2	16
Transistor count	1300 Million	2270 million
Base frequency		2.10 GHz
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
L3 cache		20480 KB (shared)
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.6-1.35V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	FS1r2	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		Gen 3.0
Scalability		2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		1
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Supported FSBs