Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3 vs AMD A10-9600P

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3 and AMD A10-9600P 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 E5-4648 v3

AMD A10-9600P

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
20 more threads: 24 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1317 vs 1146
3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9061 vs 2335

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 4
Number of threads	24 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1317 vs 1146
PassMark - CPU mark	9061 vs 2335

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-9600P

Around 50% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 2.20 GHz
Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 87°C
7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 105 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz vs 2.20 GHz
Maximum core temperature	90°C vs 87°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3
CPU 2: AMD A10-9600P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1317

1146

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9061

2335

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3	AMD A10-9600P
PassMark - Single thread mark	1317	1146
PassMark - CPU mark	9061	2335
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		357
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1003
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		2.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.147
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		15.767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		51.119
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1657
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		5281
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1657
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		5281

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3	AMD A10-9600P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Bristol Ridge
Launch date	Q2'15	1 June 2016
Place in performance rating	1688	1670
Processor Number	E5-4648V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD A10-Series APU for Laptops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Family		AMD A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AM960PADY44AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.70 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	87°C	90°C
Maximum frequency	2.20 GHz	3.3 GHz
Number of cores	12	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	24	4
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	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4
Package Size	52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 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	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
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 for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		720 MHz
iGPU core count		6
Processor graphics		AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan