Intel Xeon W-2245 vs AMD PRO A10-9700

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon W-2245 and AMD PRO A10-9700 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).

Intel Xeon W-2245

AMD PRO A10-9700

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-2245

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
Around 18% higher clock speed: 4.50 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2732 vs 1640
5.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19468 vs 3636

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 3 October 2016
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.50 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache	8 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2732 vs 1640
PassMark - CPU mark	19468 vs 3636

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-9700

Around 53% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 59°C
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 155 Watt

Maximum core temperature	90°C vs 59°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 155 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon W-2245
CPU 2: AMD PRO A10-9700

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2732

1640

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

19468

3636

Name	Intel Xeon W-2245	AMD PRO A10-9700
PassMark - Single thread mark	2732	1640
PassMark - CPU mark	19468	3636
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-2245	AMD PRO A10-9700
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	3 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$667
Place in performance rating	706	711
Processor Number	W-2245
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	3.90 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	8 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	16.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	59°C	90°C
Maximum frequency	4.50 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	0
Number of GPU cores		6
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	93.85 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4 2933
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2066	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	155 Watt	65 Watt
Configurable TDP		45 Watt/65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
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 SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	2
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
Speed Shift 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
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		1029 MHz
Processor graphics		R7
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan