Intel Xeon E7-2850 v2 vs AMD A8-3850

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-2850 v2 and AMD A8-3850 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 E7-2850 v2

AMD A8-3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-2850 v2

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

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	2 vs 1

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3850

Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 105 Watt

Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-2850 v2
CPU 2: AMD A8-3850

Name	Intel Xeon E7-2850 v2	AMD A8-3850
PassMark - Single thread mark		1216
PassMark - CPU mark		2397
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		361
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1136
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		3.124
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		211.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		10.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		43.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1977
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4691
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1977
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4691

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-2850 v2	AMD A8-3850
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge	Llano
Launch date	Q1'14	June 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	1567
Processor Number	E7-2850V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v2 Family	A-Series (Desktop)
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.30 GHz
Bus Speed	7.2 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	68°C
Maximum frequency	2.80 GHz	2.9 GHz
Number of cores	12	4
Number of QPI Links	3
Number of threads	24	4
Die size		228 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
L2 cache		1024 KB (per core)
Transistor count		1178 million
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR3 1066/1333/1600	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Package Size	52mm x 45mm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	100 Watt
Sockets supported		FM1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	32
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	S2S
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® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
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™)