AMD A9-9420 vs Intel Xeon E5-2418L

Comparative analysis of AMD A9-9420 and Intel Xeon E5-2418L 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A9-9420

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 71% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.10 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1296 vs 977
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2016 vs May 2012
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz vs 2.10 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1296 vs 977

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2418L

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 6 more threads: 8 vs 2
  • Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 91°C vs 90°C
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3518 vs 1498
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 2
Maximum core temperature 91°C vs 90°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 3518 vs 1498

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A9-9420
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2418L

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1296
977
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1498
3518
Name AMD A9-9420 Intel Xeon E5-2418L
PassMark - Single thread mark 1296 977
PassMark - CPU mark 1498 3518
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1907
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.252
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3.197
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.538
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 799
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2951
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 799
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2951

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A9-9420 Intel Xeon E5-2418L

Essentials

Architecture codename Stoney Ridge Sandy Bridge EN
Family AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date 1 June 2016 May 2012
OPN Tray AM9420AYN23AC
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 2204 2229
Series AMD A9-Series APU for Laptops Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Laptop Embedded
Processor Number E5-2418L
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3 GHz 2.00 GHz
Compute Cores 5
Die size 124.5 mm 294 mm
L2 cache 1 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 90°C 91°C
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz 2.10 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 2 8
Transistor count 1200 Million 1270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L3 cache 10240 KB (shared)
Number of QPI Links 1

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory size 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066/1333

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 847 MHz
iGPU core count 3
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R5 Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 10-15 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 50 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Sockets supported FCLGA1356

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 Gen 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCIe configurations Gen 3.0

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
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology