Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3 vs AMD PRO A6-9500B

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3 and AMD PRO A6-9500B 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3

AMD PRO A6-9500B

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1292 vs 1215
7.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9847 vs 1357

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1292 vs 1215
PassMark - CPU mark	9847 vs 1357

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-9500B

Around 28% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 87.025°C
5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Maximum core temperature	90°C vs 87.025°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-9500B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1292

1215

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9847

1357

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3	AMD PRO A6-9500B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1292	1215
PassMark - CPU mark	9847	1357
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1769
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2567

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3	AMD PRO A6-9500B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell
Launch date	Q3'14	24 October 2016
Place in performance rating	1687	1676
Processor Number	E5-2648LV3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AM950BADY23AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.80 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	87.025°C	90°C
Maximum frequency	2.50 GHz	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	12	2
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	24
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
L2 cache		1 MB
Number of GPU cores		4
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
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)	75 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		12 Watt/15 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
AMD Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
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		800 MHz
Processor graphics		R5
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan