Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3 vs AMD Pro A6-8500B
Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3 and AMD Pro A6-8500B 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3
- 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
- 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
- 4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6415 vs 1601
Specifications (specs) | |
Number of cores | 6 vs 2 |
Number of threads | 12 vs 4 |
Manufacturing process technology | 22 nm vs 28 nm |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - CPU mark | 6415 vs 1601 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A6-8500B
- 3.5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 52 Watt
- Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1340 vs 1210
Specifications (specs) | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt vs 52 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1340 vs 1210 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3
CPU 2: AMD Pro A6-8500B
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3 | AMD Pro A6-8500B |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1210 | 1340 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 6415 | 1601 |
Compare specifications (specs)
Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3 | AMD Pro A6-8500B | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Haswell | Carrizo |
Launch date | Q3'14 | 3 June 2015 |
Place in performance rating | 1905 | 1898 |
Processor Number | E5-2608LV3 | |
Series | Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family | AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops |
Status | Launched | |
Vertical segment | Embedded | Laptop |
Family | AMD PRO A-Series Processors | |
OS Support | Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit | |
Performance |
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64 bit support | ||
Base frequency | 2.00 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
Bus Speed | 6.4 GT/s QPI | |
Manufacturing process technology | 22 nm | 28 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 88.84°C | |
Number of cores | 6 | 2 |
Number of QPI Links | 2 | |
Number of threads | 12 | 4 |
VID voltage range | 0.65V–1.30V | |
Compute Cores | 6 | |
L2 cache | 1 MB | |
Maximum frequency | 3 GHz | |
Number of GPU cores | 4 | |
Transistor count | 3100 Million | |
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Memory |
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Max memory channels | 4 | 2 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 59 GB/s | |
Maximum memory size | 768 GB | |
Supported memory types | DDR4 1600/1866 | DDR3 / DDR3L-1600 |
Supported memory frequency | 1600 MHz | |
Compatibility |
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Low Halogen Options Available | ||
Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 2 | |
Package Size | 52.5mm x 45mm | |
Sockets supported | FCLGA2011-3 | FP4 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 52 Watt | 15 Watt |
Peripherals |
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Max number of PCIe lanes | 40 | |
PCI Express revision | 3.0 | 3.0 |
PCIe configurations | x4, x8, x16 | |
Scalability | 2S | |
Security & Reliability |
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Execute Disable Bit (EDB) | ||
Intel® Identity Protection technology | ||
Intel® OS Guard | ||
Intel® Secure Key technology | ||
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT) | ||
Advanced Technologies |
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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 | ||
AMD App Acceleration | ||
AMD Elite Experiences | ||
AMD HD3D technology | ||
AMD Mantle API | ||
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) | ||
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC) | ||
FreeSync | ||
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA) | ||
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4) | ||
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) | ||
Out-of-band client management | ||
PowerGating | ||
PowerNow | ||
RAID | ||
System Image Stability | ||
TrueAudio | ||
VirusProtect | ||
Virtualization |
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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™) | ||
IOMMU 2.0 | ||
Graphics |
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Enduro | ||
Graphics max frequency | 800 MHz | |
iGPU core count | 256 | |
Number of pipelines | 256 | |
Processor graphics | AMD Radeon R5 Graphics | |
Switchable graphics | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
Video Codec Engine (VCE) | ||
Graphics interfaces |
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DisplayPort | ||
HDMI | ||
Graphics API support |
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DirectX | 12 | |
Vulkan |