AMD A6-4400M vs Intel Xeon E5-2658

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-4400M and Intel Xeon E5-2658 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD A6-4400M

Intel Xeon E5-2658

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-4400M

CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 33% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt

Launch date	15 May 2012 vs March 2012
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
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
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 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1096 vs 1026
10.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10053 vs 999

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 96 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1096 vs 1026
PassMark - CPU mark	10053 vs 999

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-4400M
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1026

1096

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

999

10053

Name	AMD A6-4400M	Intel Xeon E5-2658
PassMark - Single thread mark	1026	1096
PassMark - CPU mark	999	10053
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	331
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	484
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.341
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	123.579
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	8.28
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	0.585
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2268
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4945
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2268
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4945

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A6-4400M	Intel Xeon E5-2658
Essentials
Architecture codename	Trinity	Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date	15 May 2012	March 2012
Place in performance rating	1841	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	1024 KB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	2.40 GHz
Number of cores	2	8
Transistor count	1303 Million	2270 million
Base frequency		2.10 GHz
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
L3 cache		20480 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature		88°C
Number of QPI Links		2
Number of threads		16
VID voltage range		0.6-1.35V
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
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		1
Intel 64
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Supported FSBs
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)
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
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)