AMD PRO A10-9700B vs Intel Xeon E5-2658

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A10-9700B and Intel Xeon E5-2658 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: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD PRO A10-9700B

Intel Xeon E5-2658

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-9700B

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 42% higher clock speed: 3.4 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 21% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1331 vs 1096

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 October 2016 vs March 2012
Maximum frequency	3.4 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	1331 vs 1096

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10053 vs 2585

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	10053 vs 2585

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A10-9700B
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1331

1096

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2585

10053

Name	AMD PRO A10-9700B	Intel Xeon E5-2658
PassMark - Single thread mark	1331	1096
PassMark - CPU mark	2585	10053

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A10-9700B	Intel Xeon E5-2658
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	24 October 2016	March 2012
OPN Tray	AM970BADY44AB
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1782	1786
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Laptops	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment	Laptop	Embedded
Architecture codename		Sandy Bridge EP
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,462
Price now		$1,462
Processor Number		E5-2658
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		1.91
Performance
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	2.10 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C	88°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	2.40 GHz
Number of cores	4	8
Number of GPU cores	6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		435 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L3 cache		20480 KB (shared)
Number of QPI Links		2
Number of threads		16
Transistor count		2270 million
VID voltage range		0.6-1.35V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	758 MHz
Processor graphics	R7
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	12 Watt/15 Watt
Sockets supported	FP4	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Advanced Technologies
AMD Secure technology
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		1
Intel 64
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Supported FSBs
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
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		Gen 3.0
Scalability		2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)