AMD R-272F vs Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2

Comparative analysis of AMD R-272F 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, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD R-272F

Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD R-272F

Around 33% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 92°C
2x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 70 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100 °C vs 92°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 70 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
14 more threads: 16 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1106 vs 1087
5.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7181 vs 1215

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	16 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1106 vs 1087
PassMark - CPU mark	7181 vs 1215

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD R-272F
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1087

1106

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1215

7181

Name	AMD R-272F	Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1087	1106
PassMark - CPU mark	1215	7181

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD R-272F	Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Piledriver	Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date	21 May 2012	Q3'13
Place in performance rating	2189	1962
Vertical segment	Embedded	Embedded
Processor Number		E5-2628LV2
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.7 GHz	1.90 GHz
L1 cache	96 KB
L2 cache	1 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	92°C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	2.40 GHz
Number of cores	2	8
Number of threads	2	16
Bus Speed		7.2 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	51.2 GB/s
Supported memory types	DDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600, DDR3U-1600	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	497 MHz
Graphics max frequency	686 MHz
Number of pipelines	192
Processor graphics	Radeon HD 7520G
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
DVI
HDMI
Number of displays supported	4
VGA
Graphics API support
DirectX	11
OpenGL	4.2
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	FS1	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	70 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16	40
PCI Express revision	2.0	3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S Only
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
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)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)