Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4 vs AMD A8-4500M

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4 and AMD A8-4500M 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 v4

AMD A8-4500M

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
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1092 vs 917
4.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7447 vs 1693

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1092 vs 917
PassMark - CPU mark	7447 vs 1693

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-4500M

Around 65% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 1.70 GHz
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 50 Watt

Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz vs 1.70 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4
CPU 2: AMD A8-4500M

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1092

917

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7447

1693

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4	AMD A8-4500M
PassMark - Single thread mark	1092	917
PassMark - CPU mark	7447	1693
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		319
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		850
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		2.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.252
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		623
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2944
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4413
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		623
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2944
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4413

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4	AMD A8-4500M
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Trinity
Launch date	Q1'16	15 May 2012
Place in performance rating	1998	1994
Processor Number	E5-2608LV4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	AMD A-Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.60 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	94°C
Maximum frequency	1.70 GHz	2.8 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16	4
VID voltage range	0
Die size		246 mm
L1 cache		192 KB
L2 cache		4096 KB
Transistor count		1303 Million
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FS1r2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 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
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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™)