Intel Xeon E5-4650 v2 vs AMD A10-7890K

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4650 v2 and AMD A10-7890K 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, 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 E5-4650 v2

AMD A10-7890K

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4650 v2

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 4
Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 75°C vs 72.40°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
8.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 31723 vs 3558

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 4
Maximum core temperature	75°C vs 72.40°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	31723 vs 3558

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-7890K

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
Around 48% higher clock speed: 4.3 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1589 vs 1531

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum frequency	4.3 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1589 vs 1531

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4650 v2
CPU 2: AMD A10-7890K

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1531

1589

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

31723

3558

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4650 v2	AMD A10-7890K
PassMark - Single thread mark	1531	1589
PassMark - CPU mark	31723	3558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		20.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		335.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		31.466
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		106.183
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1878
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3188
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1878
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3188

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4650 v2	AMD A10-7890K
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP	Kaveri
Launch date	Q1'14	January 2016
Place in performance rating	1146	902
Processor Number	E5-4650V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Desktop
Family		AMD A-Series Processors
Launch price (MSRP)		$150
OPN PIB		AD789KXDJCHBX
Price now		$199.99
Value for money (0-100)		8.46
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.40 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	75°C	72.40°C
Maximum frequency	2.90 GHz	4.3 GHz
Number of cores	10	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	20
VID voltage range	0.65-1.30V
Compute Cores		12
Die size		246 mm
L1 cache		256 KB
L2 cache		4 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		74 °C
Number of GPU cores		8
Transistor count		1178 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2133 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Package Size	52.5 mm x 45 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	95 Watt
Thermal Solution		Wraith cooler
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	4S Only
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® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading 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
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
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
PowerTune
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
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™)
IOMMU 2.0
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		866 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
Vulkan