AMD A8-7050 vs Intel Xeon E5-4628L v4

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-7050 and Intel Xeon E5-4628L v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD A8-7050

Intel Xeon E5-4628L v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-7050

Around 15% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 87
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 75 Watt

Maximum core temperature	100 °C vs 87
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4628L v4

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 2
26 more threads: 28 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm

Number of cores	14 vs 2
Number of threads	28 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-7050
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4628L v4

Name	AMD A8-7050	Intel Xeon E5-4628L v4
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	217.952
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.619
PassMark - Single thread mark		1252
PassMark - CPU mark		11503

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A8-7050	Intel Xeon E5-4628L v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Bald Eagle	Broadwell
Launch date	Q3'14	Q2'16
Place in performance rating	1695	1724
Vertical segment	Laptop	Embedded
Processor Number		E5-4628LV4
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	1.80 GHz
Bus Speed	100 MHz	8 GT/s QPI
L2 cache	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	87
Number of cores	2	14
Number of threads	2	28
VID voltage range	1.012 V
Maximum frequency		2.20 GHz
Number of QPI Links		2
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP3 (906)	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	75 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		4
Package Size		45mm x 52.5mm
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
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
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		68 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1.5 TB
Supported memory types		DDR4
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)