Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 vs AMD A8-5500

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 and AMD A8-5500 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 E5-2670 v3

AMD A8-5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1694 vs 1333
8.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22166 vs 2610
Around 55% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 705 vs 455
5.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 7047 vs 1243

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1694 vs 1333
PassMark - CPU mark	22166 vs 2610
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	705 vs 455
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	7047 vs 1243

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5500

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 120 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
CPU 2: AMD A8-5500

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1694

1333

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

22166

2610

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

705

455

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

7047

1243

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3	AMD A8-5500
PassMark - Single thread mark	1694	1333
PassMark - CPU mark	22166	2610
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	705	455
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	7047	1243
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		8.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		3.038
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		789
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2225
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		789
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2225
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4729

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3	AMD A8-5500
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Trinity
Launch date	Q3'14	October 2012
Place in performance rating	1411	1959
Processor Number	E5-2670V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.30 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	84.5°C
Maximum frequency	3.10 GHz	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	12	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	24
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
Die size		246 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
L2 cache		1024 KB (per core)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		71 °C
Transistor count		1178 million
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866/2133	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	65 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
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™)