Intel Xeon E5-2658 vs AMD A8-3500M

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2658 and AMD A8-3500M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. 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 E5-2658

AMD A8-3500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658

CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1096 vs 809
7.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10053 vs 1397

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	March 2012 vs 14 June 2011
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1096 vs 809
PassMark - CPU mark	10053 vs 1397

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3500M

2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt

L2 cache	4096 KB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2658
CPU 2: AMD A8-3500M

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1096

809

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

10053

1397

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2658	AMD A8-3500M
PassMark - Single thread mark	1096	809
PassMark - CPU mark	10053	1397
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		250
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		1.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4.312
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.099
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		8.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1.745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		805
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2610
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		5455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		805
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2610
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		5455

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2658	AMD A8-3500M
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge EP	Llano
Launch date	March 2012	14 June 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,462
Place in performance rating	1936	1850
Price now	$1,462
Processor Number	E5-2658
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family	AMD A-Series
Status	Launched
Value for money (0-100)	1.91
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.10 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Die size	435 mm	218 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	4096 KB
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	88°C
Maximum frequency	2.40 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16	4
Transistor count	2270 million	1000 Million
VID voltage range	0.6-1.35V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size	384 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	FS1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	35 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	Gen 3.0
Scalability	2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	1
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Supported FSBs
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™)