AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs Intel Xeon E5-2648L v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050U and Intel Xeon E5-2648L v2 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Intel Xeon E5-2648L v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Around 28% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 92°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 70 Watt
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1696 vs 1286

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 92°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 70 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1696 vs 1286

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2648L v2

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 2
18 more threads: 20 vs 2
24x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 32 GB
5.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16028 vs 2969

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 2
Number of threads	20 vs 2
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 32 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	16028 vs 2969

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2648L v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1696

1286

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2969

16028

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Xeon E5-2648L v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1696	1286
PassMark - CPU mark	2969	16028

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Xeon E5-2648L v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date	6 Jan 2020	Q3'13
OPN Tray	YM3050C4T2OFG
Place in performance rating	1518	1522
Processor Number	3050U	E5-2648LV2
Vertical segment	Mobile	Embedded
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.3 GHz	1.90 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	92°C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	2.50 GHz
Number of cores	2	10
Number of GPU cores	2
Number of threads	2	20
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	35.76 GB/s	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
OpenGL	4.6
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	12-25 Watt
Sockets supported	FP5	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	70 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	12	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x8+1x4	x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)