Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2 vs AMD A8-7100

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2 and AMD A8-7100 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), 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 28 nm
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1078 vs 840
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5380 vs 1638
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1078 vs 840
PassMark - CPU mark 5380 vs 1638

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-7100

  • Around 50% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.00 GHz
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 2.00 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2
CPU 2: AMD A8-7100

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1078
840
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5380
1638
Name Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2 AMD A8-7100
PassMark - Single thread mark 1078 840
PassMark - CPU mark 5380 1638
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 309
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1348
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2687

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2 AMD A8-7100

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EN Kaveri
Launch date Q1'14 4 June 2014
Place in performance rating 2059 2012
Processor Number E5-2418LV2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family AMD A8-Series APU for Laptops
Status Launched
Vertical segment Embedded Laptop
Family AMD A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AM7100ECH44JA

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.00 GHz 1.8 GHz
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 79.1°C
Maximum frequency 2.00 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of QPI Links 1
Number of threads 12 4
VID voltage range 0.65-1.30V
Compute Cores 8
Die size 245 mm
L2 cache 4 MB
Number of GPU cores 4
Transistor count 2410 Million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 3 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 32 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066/1333 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 1600 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1356 FP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 20 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCI Express revision 3.0 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
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

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

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 514 MHz
iGPU core count 4
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan