Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2 vs AMD Phenom II X3 N850

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2 and AMD Phenom II X3 N850 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 Phenom II X3 N850

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2

3 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 3
9 more threads: 12 vs 3
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1078 vs 895
4.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5380 vs 1298

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 3
Number of threads	12 vs 3
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1078 vs 895
PassMark - CPU mark	5380 vs 1298

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 N850

Around 10% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 2.00 GHz
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 50 Watt

Maximum frequency	2.2 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 Phenom II X3 N850

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1078

895

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

5380

1298

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2	AMD Phenom II X3 N850
PassMark - Single thread mark	1078	895
PassMark - CPU mark	5380	1298
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1343
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3130

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2	AMD Phenom II X3 N850
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EN	Champlain
Launch date	Q1'14	4 October 2010
Place in performance rating	2065	2019
Processor Number	E5-2418LV2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	3x AMD Phenom II
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	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	79.1°C
Maximum frequency	2.00 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	6	3
Number of QPI Links	1
Number of threads	12	3
VID voltage range	0.65-1.30V
Front-side bus (FSB)		3600 MHz
L1 cache		384 KB
L2 cache		1.5 MB
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
Package Size	45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1356	S1 (S1g4)
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
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™)