Intel Xeon E5-2418L vs AMD Phenom II X3 P840

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2418L and AMD Phenom II X3 P840 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2418L

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
  • 5 more threads: 8 vs 3
  • Around 11% higher clock speed: 2.10 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 977 vs 760
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3518 vs 1079
Specifications (specs)
Launch date May 2012 vs 4 October 2010
Number of cores 4 vs 3
Number of threads 8 vs 3
Maximum frequency 2.10 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 977 vs 760
PassMark - CPU mark 3518 vs 1079

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 P840

  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 50 Watt
L1 cache 384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1.5 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2418L
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 P840

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
977
760
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3518
1079
Name Intel Xeon E5-2418L AMD Phenom II X3 P840
PassMark - Single thread mark 977 760
PassMark - CPU mark 3518 1079
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1164
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2663

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2418L AMD Phenom II X3 P840

Essentials

Architecture codename Sandy Bridge EN Champlain
Launch date May 2012 4 October 2010
Place in performance rating 2231 2208
Processor Number E5-2418L
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 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
Die size 294 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 384 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 1.5 MB
L3 cache 10240 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 91°C
Maximum frequency 2.10 GHz 1.9 GHz
Number of cores 4 3
Number of QPI Links 1
Number of threads 8 3
Transistor count 1270 million
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3
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
Sockets supported FCLGA1356 S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 25 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCI Express revision Gen 3.0
PCIe configurations Gen 3.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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™)