Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2 vs AMD A10-4655M

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2 and AMD A10-4655M 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).

Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2

AMD A10-4655M

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
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1078 vs 912
3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5380 vs 1655

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 912
PassMark - CPU mark	5380 vs 1655

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-4655M

Around 40% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.00 GHz
2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 50 Watt

Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz vs 2.00 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2
CPU 2: AMD A10-4655M

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1078

912

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

5380

1655

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2	AMD A10-4655M
PassMark - Single thread mark	1078	912
PassMark - CPU mark	5380	1655
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		264
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		2.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		10.434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		10.709
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		40.12
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1371
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3232
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1371
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3232

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2	AMD A10-4655M
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EN	Trinity
Launch date	Q1'14	15 May 2012
Place in performance rating	2065	2047
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	2.8 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		4096 KB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		100 °C
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
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Package Size	45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1356	FP2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	25 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™)