Intel Xeon E5-4628L v4 vs AMD A9-9425

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4628L v4 and AMD A9-9425 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 E5-4628L v4

AMD A9-9425

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4628L 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
8.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12461 vs 1513

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	14 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1327 vs 1322
PassMark - CPU mark	12461 vs 1513

Reasons to consider the AMD A9-9425

Around 68% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.20 GHz
Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 87
5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 2.20 GHz
Maximum core temperature	90°C vs 87
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4628L v4
CPU 2: AMD A9-9425

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1327

1322

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

12461

1513

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4628L v4	AMD A9-9425
PassMark - Single thread mark	1327	1322
PassMark - CPU mark	12461	1513
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2034
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3077
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		7.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		112.324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		13.577
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		40.717
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		943
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1243
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3556
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		943
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1243
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3556

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4628L v4	AMD A9-9425
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Stoney Ridge
Launch date	Q2'16	2Q18
Place in performance rating	1580	1562
Processor Number	E5-4628LV4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	AMD A9-Series APU for Laptops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Family		AMD A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AM9425AYN23AC
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.80 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	87	90°C
Maximum frequency	2.20 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	14	2
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	28
Compute Cores		5
Die size		124 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
L2 cache		1 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		74 °C
Number of GPU cores		3
Transistor count		1200 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2133 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		10-15 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Adaptive Voltage and Frequency Scaling (AVFS)
AMD App Acceleration
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
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
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		900 MHz
Processor graphics		AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan