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.

 

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 1215
PassMark - CPU mark 1357
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 1687 1677
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