Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4 vs AMD A12-9700P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4 and AMD A12-9700P 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 v4

AMD A12-9700P

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 4
24 more threads: 28 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1302 vs 1208
5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12151 vs 2428

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	14 vs 4
Number of threads	28 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1302 vs 1208
PassMark - CPU mark	12151 vs 2428

Reasons to consider the AMD A12-9700P

Around 36% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 87°C
5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Maximum core temperature	90°C vs 87°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4
CPU 2: AMD A12-9700P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1302

1208

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

12151

2428

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4	AMD A12-9700P
PassMark - Single thread mark	1302	1208
PassMark - CPU mark	12151	2428
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1934
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		2.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		104.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.129
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		14.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		50.779
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1030
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1596
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4124
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1030
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1596
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4124

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4	AMD A12-9700P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Bristol Ridge
Launch date	Q1'16	1 June 2016
Place in performance rating	1622	1506
Processor Number	E5-2648LV4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	AMD A12-Series APU for Laptops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Family		AMD A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AM970PADY44AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.80 GHz	2.5 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	87°C	90°C
Maximum frequency	2.50 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	14	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	28	4
VID voltage range	0
Die size		250 mm
L2 cache		2 MB
Number of GPU cores		6
Transistor count		3100 Million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		12-15 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 App Acceleration
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
AMD Secure technology
DualGraphics
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
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		758 MHz
iGPU core count		6
Processor graphics		AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan