Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2 vs AMD A6-3430MX

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2 and AMD A6-3430MX 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2

AMD A6-3430MX

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 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1078 vs 822
3.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5380 vs 1448

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 822
PassMark - CPU mark	5380 vs 1448

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-3430MX

Around 20% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.00 GHz
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt

Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz vs 2.00 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2
CPU 2: AMD A6-3430MX

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1078

822

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

5380

1448

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2	AMD A6-3430MX
PassMark - Single thread mark	1078	822
PassMark - CPU mark	5380	1448
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1344
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3557

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2	AMD A6-3430MX
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EN	Llano
Launch date	Q1'14	8 December 2011
Place in performance rating	2059	2021
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	2.4 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		218 mm
L1 cache		512 KB
L2 cache		4096 KB
Transistor count		1000 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	FS1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	45 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
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™)