Intel Xeon Phi 7250F vs AMD A9-9400 SoC

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Phi 7250F and AMD A9-9400 SoC 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Phi 7250F

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • 66 more cores, run more applications at once: 68 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 8.5x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 17x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Launch date June 2016 vs May 2016
Number of cores 68 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
L1 cache 32 KB (per core) vs 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the AMD A9-9400 SoC

  • Around 50% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 1.60 GHz
  • 23x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 230 Watt
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz vs 1.60 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 230 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Phi 7250F
CPU 2: AMD A9-9400 SoC

Name Intel Xeon Phi 7250F AMD A9-9400 SoC
PassMark - Single thread mark 1195
PassMark - CPU mark 1329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 49.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 11.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 21.079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 894
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1799
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5100
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 894
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1799
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5100

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Phi 7250F AMD A9-9400 SoC

Essentials

Architecture codename Knights Landing Stoney Ridge
Launch date June 2016 May 2016
Place in performance rating not rated 1544
Processor Number 7250F
Series Intel® Xeon Phi™ x200 Product Family
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.40 GHz
L1 cache 32 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 1024 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum frequency 1.60 GHz 2.4 GHz
Number of cores 68 2
Transistor count 8000 million 1200 million
VID voltage range 0.550-1.125V
Die size 124 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6
Maximum memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported SVLCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 230 Watt 10 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 4
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x16 port (Port 2 and 3) may negotiate down to x8, x4, x2, or x1. x4 port (Port1) may negotiate down to x2, or x1

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)

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™)

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