AMD RX-421BD vs Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3

Comparative analysis of AMD RX-421BD and Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD RX-421BD

Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD RX-421BD

Around 135900% higher clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 2.50 GHz
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Maximum frequency	3400 MHz vs 2.50 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
20 more threads: 24 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm

Number of cores	12 vs 4
Number of threads	24 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD RX-421BD
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3

Name	AMD RX-421BD	Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	10.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	0.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4.623
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7025
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7025
PassMark - Single thread mark		1292
PassMark - CPU mark		9847

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD RX-421BD	Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Merlin Falcon	Haswell
Family	AMD R-Series
Launch date	21 October 2015	Q3'14
Place in performance rating	1721	1687
Processor Number	RX-421BD	E5-2648LV3
Vertical segment	Embedded	Embedded
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2100 MHz	1.80 GHz
Die size	1073 mm2
L1 cache	320 KB
L2 cache	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	3400 MHz	2.50 GHz
Number of cores	4	12
Number of threads	4	24
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		87.025°C
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	68 GB/s
Supported memory types	DDR3-2133, DDR4-2400	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	800 MHz
Number of pipelines	512
Processor graphics	Radeon R7 series
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported	3
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
OpenGL	4.4
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	12-35 Watt
Package Size	micro-BGA	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	BGA (FP4)	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	75 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
UART
USB revision	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
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)