Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3 vs AMD Pro A12-8800B

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3 and AMD Pro A12-8800B 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 Pro A12-8800B

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
3.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9061 vs 2580

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 1315
PassMark - CPU mark	9061 vs 2580

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A12-8800B

Around 55% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.20 GHz
7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 105 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 2.20 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3
CPU 2: AMD Pro A12-8800B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1317

1315

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9061

2580

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3	AMD Pro A12-8800B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1317	1315
PassMark - CPU mark	9061	2580
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		321
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		14.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		207.144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		20.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2.135
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1266
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1613
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1266
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1613
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3336

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3	AMD Pro A12-8800B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Carrizo
Launch date	Q2'15	3 June 2015
Place in performance rating	1686	1660
Processor Number	E5-4648V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Laptops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.70 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	87°C
Maximum frequency	2.20 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	12	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	24	4
Compute Cores		12
L2 cache		2 MB
Number of GPU cores		8
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	DDR3 / DDR3L-2133
Supported memory frequency		2133 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
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
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		800 MHz
iGPU core count		512
Number of pipelines		512
Processor graphics		AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12