AMD RX-427BB vs Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4

Comparative analysis of AMD RX-427BB and Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4 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-427BB

Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD RX-427BB

Around 143900% higher clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 2.50 GHz
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Maximum frequency	3600 MHz vs 2.50 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 4
24 more threads: 28 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm

Number of cores	14 vs 4
Number of threads	28 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD RX-427BB
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4

Name	AMD RX-427BB	Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	12.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	0.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	3.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1809
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5750
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1809
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5750
PassMark - Single thread mark		1302
PassMark - CPU mark		12151

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD RX-427BB	Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Bald Eagle	Broadwell
Family	AMD R-Series
Launch date	20 May 2014	Q1'16
Place in performance rating	1611	1622
Processor Number	RX-427BB	E5-2648LV4
Vertical segment	Embedded	Embedded
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2700 MHz	1.80 GHz
Die size	928 mm2
L1 cache	256 KB
L2 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3600 MHz	2.50 GHz
Number of cores	4	14
Number of threads	4	28
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		87°C
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
Supported memory types	DDR3-2133	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
Maximum memory size		1.5 TB
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	600 MHz
Graphics max frequency	686 MHz
Number of pipelines	512
Processor graphics	Radeon R7 Graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported	4
Graphics API support
DirectX	11.1
OpenGL	4.2
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	30-35 Watt
Package Size	micro-BGA	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	BGA (FP3)	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	75 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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)