Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3 vs AMD A8-5557M

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3 and AMD A8-5557M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

AMD A8-5557M

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 32 nm
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1754 vs 1037
4.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8447 vs 1801

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1754 vs 1037
PassMark - CPU mark	8447 vs 1801

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5557M

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 85 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.1 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 85 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3
CPU 2: AMD A8-5557M

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1754

1037

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8447

1801

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3	AMD A8-5557M
PassMark - Single thread mark	1754	1037
PassMark - CPU mark	8447	1801
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		439
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1192
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2075
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4970

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3	AMD A8-5557M
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Richland
Launch date	Q3'14	23 May 2013
Place in performance rating	1348	1319
Processor Number	E5-2628 V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD A-Series
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	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	87.025°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.1 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		246 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
L2 cache		4096 KB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		71 °C
Transistor count		1178 million
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	BGA
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 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™)