Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3 vs AMD E2-9000

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3 and AMD E2-9000 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3

AMD E2-9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
10 more threads: 12 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1210 vs 814
6.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6415 vs 950

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 2
Number of threads	12 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1210 vs 814
PassMark - CPU mark	6415 vs 950

Reasons to consider the AMD E2-9000

Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 90 °C vs 88.84°C
5.2x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 52 Watt

Maximum core temperature	90 °C vs 88.84°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 52 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3
CPU 2: AMD E2-9000

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1210

814

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6415

950

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3	AMD E2-9000
PassMark - Single thread mark	1210	814
PassMark - CPU mark	6415	950
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		514
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1227
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1227
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3313
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3313

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3	AMD E2-9000
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Stoney Ridge
Launch date	Q3'14	1 June 2016
Place in performance rating	1905	1897
Processor Number	E5-2608LV3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	Bristol Ridge
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	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	88.84°C	90 °C
Number of cores	6	2
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	12	2
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
Die size		124.5 mm
Maximum frequency		2.2 GHz
Transistor count		1200 Million
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	59 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	52 Watt	10 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™)