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).

 

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 1872 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™)