Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4 vs AMD A6-9550

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4 and AMD A6-9550 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4

AMD A6-9550

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm

Number of cores	14 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-9550

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
Around 60% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 87°C
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 75 Watt

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum frequency	4 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Maximum core temperature	90°C vs 87°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4
CPU 2: AMD A6-9550

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4	AMD A6-9550
PassMark - Single thread mark	1349
PassMark - CPU mark	11839

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2648L v4	AMD A6-9550
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Bristol Ridge
Launch date	Q1'16	27 July 2017
Place in performance rating	1629	not rated
Processor Number	E5-2648LV4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Desktop
Family		AMD A-Series Processors
OPN PIB		AD9550AGABBOX
OPN Tray		AD9550AGM23AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.80 GHz	3.8 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	4 GHz
Number of cores	14	2
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	28
VID voltage range	0
Compute Cores		8
Die size		246 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
L2 cache		1 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		74 °C
Number of GPU cores		6
Transistor count		1178 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		2400 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	65 Watt
Configurable TDP		45/65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0 x8
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
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
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
Graphics max frequency		1029 MHz
Processor graphics		Radeon R5 Series
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12