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.

 

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 1689
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)