Intel Xeon W-3245 vs AMD PRO A10-9700B

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon W-3245 and AMD PRO A10-9700B 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-3245

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • Around 29% higher clock speed: 4.40 GHz vs 3.4 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 93% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2565 vs 1331
  • 11.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30505 vs 2585
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 Jun 2019 vs 24 October 2016
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.40 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 16 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2565 vs 1331
PassMark - CPU mark 30505 vs 2585

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-9700B

  • Around 17% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 77°C
  • 13.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 205 Watt
Maximum core temperature 90°C vs 77°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2565
1331
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
30505
2585
Name Intel Xeon W-3245 AMD PRO A10-9700B
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1118
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 14290
PassMark - Single thread mark 2565 1331
PassMark - CPU mark 30505 2585

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon W-3245 AMD PRO A10-9700B

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake
Launch date 3 Jun 2019 24 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $1999
Place in performance rating 660 1781
Processor Number W-3245
Series Intel Xeon W Processor AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Laptops
Status Launched
Vertical segment Workstation Laptop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AM970BADY44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

Base frequency 3.20 GHz 2.5 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 3.4 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 1866 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2933

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 205 Watt 15 Watt
Configurable TDP 12 Watt/15 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 64
PCI Express revision 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
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
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 758 MHz
Processor graphics R7
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan