AMD PRO A6-7350B vs Intel Xeon E5-2648L

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-7350B and Intel Xeon E5-2648L processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD PRO A6-7350B

Intel Xeon E5-2648L

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-7350B

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
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 70 Watt
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1171 vs 899

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 2.10 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 70 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1171 vs 899

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2648L

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
8.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9940 vs 1177

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
L2 cache	256 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	9940 vs 1177

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-7350B
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2648L

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1171

899

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1177

9940

Name	AMD PRO A6-7350B	Intel Xeon E5-2648L
PassMark - Single thread mark	1171	899
PassMark - CPU mark	1177	9940

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A6-7350B	Intel Xeon E5-2648L
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	Q1 2018	March 2012
OPN Tray	AM735BAYN23AC
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	2097	2149
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment	Laptop	Embedded
Architecture codename		Sandy Bridge EP
Processor Number		E5-2648L
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3 GHz	1.80 GHz
Compute Cores	5
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz	2.10 GHz
Number of cores	2	8
Number of GPU cores	3
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
Memory
Max memory channels	1	4
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
ECC memory support
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	847 MHz
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	70 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Sockets supported		FCLGA2011
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCIe configurations		Gen 3.0
Advanced Technologies
Adaptive Voltage and Frequency Scaling (AVFS)
AMD Secure technology
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		1
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)