AMD A6-5350M vs Intel Xeon E5-2648L

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-5350M and Intel Xeon E5-2648L processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, 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 A6-5350M

Intel Xeon E5-2648L

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-5350M

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 67% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.10 GHz
2x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 70 Watt
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1208 vs 899

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 March 2013 vs March 2012
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 2.10 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 70 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1208 vs 899

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2648L

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
14 more threads: 16 vs 2
8.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9940 vs 1205

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	16 vs 2
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	9940 vs 1205

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-5350M
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2648L

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1208

899

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1205

9940

Name	AMD A6-5350M	Intel Xeon E5-2648L
PassMark - Single thread mark	1208	899
PassMark - CPU mark	1205	9940
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	381
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3.639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	8.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	30.007
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	286
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1969
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3294
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	286
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1969
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3294

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A6-5350M	Intel Xeon E5-2648L
Essentials
Architecture codename	Richland	Sandy Bridge EP
Family	AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date	12 March 2013	March 2012
OPN Tray	AM5350DEC23HL
Place in performance rating	2137	2149
Series	AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment	Laptop	Embedded
Processor Number		E5-2648L
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.9 GHz	1.80 GHz
Die size	246 mm	435 mm
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	71 °C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	2.10 GHz
Number of cores	2	8
Number of threads	2	16
Transistor count	1178 million	2270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L3 cache		20480 KB (shared)
Number of QPI Links		2
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory frequency	1600 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3-1600	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	533 MHz
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon HD 8450G
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	11
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	FS1r2	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	70 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	Not Listed	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCIe configurations		Gen 3.0
Advanced Technologies
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
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
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)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)