AMD R-272F vs Intel Xeon E5-2658

Comparative analysis of AMD R-272F and Intel Xeon E5-2658 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD R-272F

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
  • Around 14% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 88°C
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Launch date 21 May 2012 vs March 2012
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100 °C vs 88°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • 14 more threads: 16 vs 2
  • 5.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1096 vs 1087
  • 8.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10053 vs 1215
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Number of threads 16 vs 2
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 96 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1096 vs 1087
PassMark - CPU mark 10053 vs 1215

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD R-272F
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1087
1096
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1215
10053
Name AMD R-272F Intel Xeon E5-2658
PassMark - Single thread mark 1087 1096
PassMark - CPU mark 1215 10053

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD R-272F Intel Xeon E5-2658

Essentials

Architecture codename Piledriver Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date 21 May 2012 March 2012
Place in performance rating 2189 1881
Vertical segment Embedded Embedded
Launch price (MSRP) $1,462
Price now $1,462
Processor Number E5-2658
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 1.91

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.7 GHz 2.10 GHz
L1 cache 96 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 100 °C 88°C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 2.40 GHz
Number of cores 2 8
Number of threads 2 16
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Die size 435 mm
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared)
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 2270 million
VID voltage range 0.6-1.35V

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
ECC memory support
Maximum memory size 384 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 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16 40
PCI Express revision 2.0 3.0
PCIe configurations Gen 3.0
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
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™)
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)