Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3 vs AMD PRO A12-9800B

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3 and AMD PRO A12-9800B 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, 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).

Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

AMD PRO A12-9800B

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 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1754 vs 1392
3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8447 vs 2691

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 1392
PassMark - CPU mark	8447 vs 2691

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-9800B

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 PRO A12-9800B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1754

1392

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8447

2691

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3	AMD PRO A12-9800B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1754	1392
PassMark - CPU mark	8447	2691
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		411
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		17.869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		208.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		22.379
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		78.766

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3	AMD PRO A12-9800B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Bristol Ridge
Launch date	Q3'14	24 October 2016
Place in performance rating	1257	1207
Processor Number	E5-2628 V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Laptops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AM980BADY44AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.50 GHz	2.7 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
Number of GPU cores		8
Transistor count		3100 Million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		1866 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	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		12 Watt/15 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	8
PCI Express revision	3.0	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)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
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
iGPU core count		8
Processor graphics		R7
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan