Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3 vs AMD A8-3500M

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3 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 E5-2608L v3

AMD A8-3500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
8 more threads: 12 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1210 vs 813
4.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6415 vs 1400

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 4
Number of threads	12 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	1210 vs 813
PassMark - CPU mark	6415 vs 1400

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3500M

Around 49% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 52 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 52 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3
CPU 2: AMD A8-3500M

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1210

813

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6415

1400

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3	AMD A8-3500M
PassMark - Single thread mark	1210	813
PassMark - CPU mark	6415	1400
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 E5-2608L v3	AMD A8-3500M
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Llano
Launch date	Q3'14	14 June 2011
Place in performance rating	1875	1850
Processor Number	E5-2608LV3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD A-Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.00 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	88.84°C
Number of cores	6	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	12	4
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
Die size		218 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
L2 cache		4096 KB
Maximum frequency		2.4 GHz
Transistor count		1000 Million
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	59 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FS1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	52 Watt	35 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	2S
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® AVX2
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
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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™)