Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2 vs AMD A4-7210

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2 and AMD A4-7210 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 2.40 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 92°C vs 90°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 53% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1106 vs 725
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7181 vs 1656
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 2.40 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Maximum core temperature 92°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1106 vs 725
PassMark - CPU mark 7181 vs 1656

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-7210

  • Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 70 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 70 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2
CPU 2: AMD A4-7210

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1106
725
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7181
1656
Name Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2 AMD A4-7210
PassMark - Single thread mark 1106 725
PassMark - CPU mark 7181 1656
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 243
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 720
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 653
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3899
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 653
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3899

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2 AMD A4-7210

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EP Carrizo-L
Launch date Q3'13 7 May 2015
Place in performance rating 1962 1950
Processor Number E5-2628LV2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family AMD A4-Series APU for AIOs
Status Launched
Vertical segment Embedded All-in-One
Family AMD A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AM7210ITJ44JB

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.90 GHz 1.8 GHz
Bus Speed 7.2 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 92°C 90°C
Maximum frequency 2.40 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 16 4
VID voltage range 0.65–1.30V
L2 cache 2 MB
Transistor count 930 Million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 4 1
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 DDR3L
Supported memory frequency 1600 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011 FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 2.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S Only

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® AVX
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 Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
PowerGating
PowerNow
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 686 MHz
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan