Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4 vs AMD PRO A10-9700B

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4 and AMD PRO A10-9700B 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4

AMD PRO A10-9700B

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 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
2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7447 vs 2545

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Maximum core temperature	94°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	7447 vs 2545

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-9700B

Around 100% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 1.70 GHz
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1294 vs 1092

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 1.70 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1294 vs 1092

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4
CPU 2: AMD PRO A10-9700B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1092

1294

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7447

2545

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4	AMD PRO A10-9700B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1092	1294
PassMark - CPU mark	7447	2545

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4	AMD PRO A10-9700B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell
Launch date	Q1'16	24 October 2016
Place in performance rating	1961	1916
Processor Number	E5-2608LV4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Laptops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AM970BADY44AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.60 GHz	2.5 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	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16
VID voltage range	0
L2 cache		2 MB
Number of GPU cores		6
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866
Supported memory frequency		1866 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	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		12 Watt/15 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
AMD Secure technology
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
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		758 MHz
Processor graphics		R7
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan