Intel Xeon E3-1284L v3 vs AMD PRO A6-9500B

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1284L v3 and AMD PRO A6-9500B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics API support. 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon E3-1284L v3

AMD PRO A6-9500B

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1284L v3

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm

Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-9500B

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 47 Watt

Launch date	24 October 2016 vs 1 March 2014
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 47 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1284L v3
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-9500B

Name	Intel Xeon E3-1284L v3	AMD PRO A6-9500B
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	11.603
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	90.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	25.273
PassMark - Single thread mark		1235
PassMark - CPU mark		1371
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1769
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2567

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E3-1284L v3	AMD PRO A6-9500B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Crystal Well
Family	Xeon E3	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	1 March 2014	24 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$662
Place in performance rating	1618	1583
Processor Number	E3-1284L v3
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
OPN Tray		AM950BADY23AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.80 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI
L1 cache	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	6 MB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	90°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of threads	8
Unlocked
Number of GPU cores		4
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3L 1333/1600
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	750 MHz
Graphics max frequency	1.00 GHz	800 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200	R5
Enduro
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported	3
VGA
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FCBGA1364	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		12 Watt/15 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
AMD Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan