Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3 vs AMD A8-5550M

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3 and AMD A8-5550M 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 E5-4648 v3

AMD A8-5550M

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 32 nm
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1317 vs 1008
5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9061 vs 1814

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 4
Number of threads	24 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1317 vs 1008
PassMark - CPU mark	9061 vs 1814

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5550M

Around 41% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 2.20 GHz
3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 105 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.1 GHz vs 2.20 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3
CPU 2: AMD A8-5550M

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1317

1008

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9061

1814

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3	AMD A8-5550M
PassMark - Single thread mark	1317	1008
PassMark - CPU mark	9061	1814
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		369
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		924
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		3.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		7.997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		10.477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2.546
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		634
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		6126
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		634
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		6126

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3	AMD A8-5550M
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Richland
Launch date	Q2'15	12 March 2013
Place in performance rating	1725	1711
Processor Number	E5-4648V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD A-Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.70 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	87°C
Maximum frequency	2.20 GHz	3.1 GHz
Number of cores	12	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	24	4
Die size		246 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
L2 cache		4096 KB
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	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Package Size	52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FS1r2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	35 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	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
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)