Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3 vs AMD A12-9720P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3 and AMD A12-9720P 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 E5-2628 v3

AMD A12-9720P

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1754 vs 1320
3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8447 vs 2657

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1754 vs 1320
PassMark - CPU mark	8447 vs 2657

Reasons to consider the AMD A12-9720P

Around 20% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 90 °C vs 87.025°C
5.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 85 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature	90 °C vs 87.025°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 85 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3
CPU 2: AMD A12-9720P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1754

1320

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8447

2657

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3	AMD A12-9720P
PassMark - Single thread mark	1754	1320
PassMark - CPU mark	8447	2657
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		397
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		130.347
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		17.054
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		44.985
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1403
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		6187
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1403
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		6187

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3	AMD A12-9720P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Bristol Ridge
Launch date	Q3'14	1 June 2016
Place in performance rating	1248	1232
Processor Number	E5-2628 V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD Bristol Ridge
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.50 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	87.025°C	90 °C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	8	4
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
Die size		250 mm
L2 cache		2 MB
Transistor count		3100 Million
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2133
Compatibility
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)	85 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
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)