Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2 vs AMD Pro A8-8600B

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2 and AMD Pro A8-8600B 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), 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).

Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2

AMD Pro A8-8600B

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
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1106 vs 1090
3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7181 vs 2190

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1106 vs 1090
PassMark - CPU mark	7181 vs 2190

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A8-8600B

Around 25% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 70 Watt

Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 70 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2
CPU 2: AMD Pro A8-8600B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1106

1090

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7181

2190

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2	AMD Pro A8-8600B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1106	1090
PassMark - CPU mark	7181	2190
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		362
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1026
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		229.764
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.849
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		12.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		39.061
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		780
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2559
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		780
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2559

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2	AMD Pro A8-8600B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP	Carrizo
Launch date	Q3'13	3 June 2015
Place in performance rating	1870	1843
Processor Number	E5-2628LV2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	AMD PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.90 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus Speed	7.2 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	92°C
Maximum frequency	2.40 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16	4
VID voltage range	0.65–1.30V
Compute Cores		10
L2 cache		2 MB
Number of GPU cores		6
Transistor count		3100 Million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600	DDR3 / DDR3L-2133
Supported memory frequency		2133 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	15 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
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
AMD Mantle API
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
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		720 MHz
iGPU core count		384
Number of pipelines		384
Processor graphics		AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan