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.

 

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 1350 1314
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