Intel Xeon W-3245 vs AMD PRO A10-9700

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon W-3245 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: Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-3245

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • Around 16% higher clock speed: 4.40 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2596 vs 1640
  • 8.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30922 vs 3639
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 Jun 2019 vs 3 October 2016
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.40 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 16 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2596 vs 1640
PassMark - CPU mark 30922 vs 3639

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-9700

  • Around 17% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 77°C
  • 3.2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 205 Watt
Maximum core temperature 90°C vs 77°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon W-3245
CPU 2: AMD PRO A10-9700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2596
1640
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
30922
3639
Name Intel Xeon W-3245 AMD PRO A10-9700
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1118
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 14290
PassMark - Single thread mark 2596 1640
PassMark - CPU mark 30922 3639
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-3245 AMD PRO A10-9700

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake
Launch date 3 Jun 2019 3 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $1999
Place in performance rating 729 731
Processor Number W-3245
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

Base frequency 3.20 GHz 3.5 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB
L2 cache 16 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 22 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 77°C 90°C
Maximum frequency 4.40 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 16 4
Number of threads 32
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 0
Number of GPU cores 6
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 131.13 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2933

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 205 Watt 65 Watt
Configurable TDP 45 Watt/65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 64
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2
Speed Shift technology
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