Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 vs AMD FX-9800P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 and AMD FX-9800P processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. 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 - 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 FX-9800P

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
Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 90.9°C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1235 vs 1218
2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6774 vs 2557

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 4
Number of threads	20 vs 4
Maximum core temperature	90.9°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1235 vs 1218
PassMark - CPU mark	6774 vs 2557

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-9800P

Around 50% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 70 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 70 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2
CPU 2: AMD FX-9800P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1235

1218

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6774

2557

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2	AMD FX-9800P
PassMark - Single thread mark	1235	1218
PassMark - CPU mark	6774	2557
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		364
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.106
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		92.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		11.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		35.16
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3977

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2	AMD FX-9800P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EN	Bristol Ridge
Launch date	Q1'14	1 June 2016
Place in performance rating	1860	1773
Processor Number	E5-2448LV2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	AMD FX-Series Processors for Laptops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Family		AMD FX-Series Processors
OPN Tray		FM980PADY44AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.80 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	90.9°C	90°C
Maximum frequency	2.40 GHz	3.6 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		250 mm
L2 cache		2 MB
Number of GPU cores		8
Transistor count		3100 Million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	3	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size	384 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Package Size	45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1356	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		12-15 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
AMD App Acceleration
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
AMD Secure technology
DualGraphics
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
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™)
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		758 MHz
Processor graphics		AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan