Intel Xeon W-1250 vs AMD PRO A10-9700

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon W-1250 and AMD PRO A10-9700 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - CPU mark, PassMark - Single thread 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-1250

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • Around 24% higher clock speed: 4.70 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 90°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13610 vs 3652
  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2831 vs 1644
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.70 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 13610 vs 3652
PassMark - Single thread mark 2831 vs 1644

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-9700

  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 80 Watt
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1.5 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 80 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon W-1250
CPU 2: AMD PRO A10-9700

PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
13610
3652
PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2831
1644
Name Intel Xeon W-1250 AMD PRO A10-9700
PassMark - CPU mark 13610 3652
PassMark - Single thread mark 2831 1644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 285.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 29.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 92.013

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon W-1250 AMD PRO A10-9700

Essentials

Architecture codename Comet Lake
Launch date Q2'20 3 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $255 - $258
Place in performance rating 727 729
Processor Number W-1250
Series Intel Xeon W Processor AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Desktops
Status Launched
Vertical segment Workstation Desktop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD970BAGM44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.30 GHz 3.5 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 1.5 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 12 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 90°C
Maximum frequency 4.70 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 12
Number of GPU cores 6
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Graphics

Device ID 0x9BE6
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics P630 R7
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 1029 MHz
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3
DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2160@30Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1200 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2015W
Configurable TDP 45 Watt/65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
AMD Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
System Image Stability
TrueAudio

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