Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 vs AMD A6-4400M

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 and AMD A6-4400M 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1235 vs 1027
  • 6.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6774 vs 1010
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1235 vs 1027
PassMark - CPU mark 6774 vs 1010

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-4400M

  • Around 33% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 70 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 70 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2
CPU 2: AMD A6-4400M

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1235
1027
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6774
1010
Name Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 AMD A6-4400M
PassMark - Single thread mark 1235 1027
PassMark - CPU mark 6774 1010
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 331
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 484
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.341
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 123.579
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.28
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 0.585
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2268
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4945
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2268
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4945

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 AMD A6-4400M

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EN Trinity
Launch date Q1'14 15 May 2012
Place in performance rating 1846 1828
Processor Number E5-2448LV2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family AMD A-Series
Status Launched
Vertical segment Embedded Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.80 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 90.9°C
Maximum frequency 2.40 GHz 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 10 2
Number of QPI Links 1
Number of threads 20
VID voltage range 0.65-1.30V
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 96 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB
Transistor count 1303 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1356 FS1r2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 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
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

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™)