Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 vs AMD A8-3500M

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 and AMD A8-3500M 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).

Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2

AMD A8-3500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 4
16 more threads: 20 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1235 vs 809
4.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6774 vs 1397

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 4
Number of threads	20 vs 4
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 809
PassMark - CPU mark	6774 vs 1397

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3500M

2x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 70 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 70 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2
CPU 2: AMD A8-3500M

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1235

809

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6774

1397

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2	AMD A8-3500M
PassMark - Single thread mark	1235	809
PassMark - CPU mark	6774	1397
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		250
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		1.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4.312
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.099
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		8.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1.745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		805
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2610
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		5455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		805
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2610
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		5455

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2	AMD A8-3500M
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EN	Llano
Launch date	Q1'14	14 June 2011
Place in performance rating	1860	1850
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	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	10	4
Number of QPI Links	1
Number of threads	20	4
VID voltage range	0.65-1.30V
Die size		218 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
L2 cache		4096 KB
Transistor count		1000 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	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Package Size	45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1356	FS1
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
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™)