Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2 vs AMD A10-4600M

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2 and AMD A10-4600M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5380 vs 1934
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1078 vs 1077
PassMark - CPU mark 5380 vs 1934

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-4600M

  • Around 60% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.00 GHz
  • Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.00 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2
CPU 2: AMD A10-4600M

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1078
1077
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5380
1934
Name Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2 AMD A10-4600M
PassMark - Single thread mark 1078 1077
PassMark - CPU mark 5380 1934
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 354
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 912
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7.18
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 13.506
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.896
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3279
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3279

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2 AMD A10-4600M

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EN Trinity
Launch date Q1'14 15 May 2012
Place in performance rating 2065 2061
Processor Number E5-2418LV2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family AMD A-Series
Status Launched
Vertical segment Embedded Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.00 GHz
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 79.1°C
Maximum frequency 2.00 GHz 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of QPI Links 1
Number of threads 12 4
VID voltage range 0.65-1.30V
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
Transistor count 1303 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 32 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066/1333 DDR3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1356 FS1r2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 35 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

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™)