Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4 vs AMD A4-7210

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4 and AMD A4-7210 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, 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 v4

AMD A4-7210

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 94°C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1092 vs 725
4.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7447 vs 1656

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Maximum core temperature	94°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1092 vs 725
PassMark - CPU mark	7447 vs 1656

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-7210

Around 29% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1.70 GHz

Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz vs 1.70 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4
CPU 2: AMD A4-7210

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1092

725

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7447

1656

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4	AMD A4-7210
PassMark - Single thread mark	1092	725
PassMark - CPU mark	7447	1656
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		243
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		720
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		653
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3899
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		653
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3899

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4	AMD A4-7210
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Carrizo-L
Launch date	Q1'16	7 May 2015
Place in performance rating	1961	1950
Processor Number	E5-2608LV4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	AMD A4-Series APU for AIOs
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	All-in-One
Family		AMD A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AM7210ITJ44JB
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.60 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	94°C	90°C
Maximum frequency	1.70 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16	4
VID voltage range	0
L2 cache		2 MB
Transistor count		930 Million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866	DDR3L
Supported memory frequency		1600 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	2.0
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
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
PowerGating
PowerNow
VirusProtect
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™)
IOMMU 2.0
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		686 MHz
Processor graphics		AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan