AMD GX-424CC vs Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2

Comparative analysis of AMD GX-424CC and Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD GX-424CC

  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 70 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 70 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 92°C vs 90 °C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 92°C vs 90 °C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD GX-424CC
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2

Name AMD GX-424CC Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 924
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 924
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2698
PassMark - Single thread mark 1106
PassMark - CPU mark 7181

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD GX-424CC Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2

Essentials

Architecture codename Steppe Eagle Ivy Bridge EP
Family AMD G-Series
Launch date 6 June 2014 Q3'13
Place in performance rating 2214 1962
Vertical segment Embedded Embedded
Processor Number E5-2628LV2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2400 MHz 1.90 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 90 °C 92°C
Number of cores 4 8
Number of threads 4 16
Bus Speed 7.2 GT/s QPI
Maximum frequency 2.40 GHz
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.65–1.30V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 1 4
Supported memory types DDR3-1866 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 497 MHz
Processor graphics Radeon R5E

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.1
OpenGL 4.2

Compatibility

Sockets supported BGA769 (FT3b) FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 70 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
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

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)

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 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)