AMD A6-9220 vs Intel Xeon E5-2658

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-9220 and Intel Xeon E5-2658 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Virtualization, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-9220

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
  • Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 88°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 6.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1136 vs 1096
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2016 vs March 2012
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Maximum core temperature 90°C vs 88°C
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1136 vs 1096

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
  • 3.2x 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
  • 7.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10053 vs 1283
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Number of threads 16 vs 2
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 160 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 10053 vs 1283

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-9220
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1136
1096
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1283
10053
Name AMD A6-9220 Intel Xeon E5-2658
PassMark - Single thread mark 1136 1096
PassMark - CPU mark 1283 10053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4.825
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 29.364
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 743
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1537
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4038
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 743
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1537
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4038

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-9220 Intel Xeon E5-2658

Essentials

Architecture codename Stoney Ridge Sandy Bridge EP
Family AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date 1 June 2016 March 2012
OPN Tray AM9220AYN23AC
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1869 1881
Series AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops 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
Base frequency 2.5 GHz 2.10 GHz
Compute Cores 5
Die size 124.5 mm 435 mm
L1 cache 160 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 90°C 88°C
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz 2.40 GHz
Number of cores 2 8
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 2 16
Transistor count 1200 Million 2270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared)
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.6-1.35V

Memory

Max memory channels 1 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 17.1 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory size 384 GB

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 655 MHz
iGPU core count 3
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R5 Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 10-15 Watt
Sockets supported FP4 BGA FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCIe configurations Gen 3.0
Scalability 2S Only

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)

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