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.

Intel Xeon E5-2418L

AMD Phenom II X3 P840

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	2227	2205
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™)