Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3 vs AMD A12-9730P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3 and AMD A12-9730P 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

AMD A12-9730P

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1754 vs 1386
2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8447 vs 2980

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1754 vs 1386
PassMark - CPU mark	8447 vs 2980

Reasons to consider the AMD A12-9730P

Around 17% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 87.025°C
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 85 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature	90°C vs 87.025°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 85 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3
CPU 2: AMD A12-9730P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1754

1386

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8447

2980

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3	AMD A12-9730P
PassMark - Single thread mark	1754	1386
PassMark - CPU mark	8447	2980
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2143
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5309

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3	AMD A12-9730P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell
Launch date	Q3'14	Q2 2016
Place in performance rating	1348	1313
Processor Number	E5-2628 V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD A12-Series APU for Laptops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Family		AMD A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AM973PAEY44AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.50 GHz	2.8 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	3.5 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	8
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
L2 cache		2 MB
Number of GPU cores		6
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2133
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
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	35 Watt
Configurable TDP		25-45 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 App Acceleration
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
AMD Secure technology
DualGraphics
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
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™)
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		900 MHz
Processor graphics		AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan