Intel Xeon E5-2648L v2 vs AMD A9-9425

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2648L v2 and AMD A9-9425 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 E5-2648L v2

AMD A9-9425

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2648L v2

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 2
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
10.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16028 vs 1527

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	92°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	16028 vs 1527

Reasons to consider the AMD A9-9425

Around 48% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 70 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1331 vs 1286

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 70 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1331 vs 1286

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2648L v2
CPU 2: AMD A9-9425

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1286

1331

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

16028

1527

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2648L v2	AMD A9-9425
PassMark - Single thread mark	1286	1331
PassMark - CPU mark	16028	1527
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2034
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3077
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		7.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		112.324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		13.577
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		40.717
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		943
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1243
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3556
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		943
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1243
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3556

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2648L v2	AMD A9-9425
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP	Stoney Ridge
Launch date	Q3'13	2Q18
Place in performance rating	1579	1566
Processor Number	E5-2648LV2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	AMD A9-Series APU for Laptops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Family		AMD A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AM9425AYN23AC
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.90 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	92°C	90°C
Maximum frequency	2.50 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	10	2
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	20
VID voltage range	0.65–1.30V
Compute Cores		5
Die size		124 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
L2 cache		1 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		74 °C
Number of GPU cores		3
Transistor count		1200 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2133 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		10-15 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
Adaptive Voltage and Frequency Scaling (AVFS)
AMD App Acceleration
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
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™)
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		900 MHz
Processor graphics		AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan