AMD A12-9800 vs Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD A Intel Xeon E3
• Generation
  7 4
• CPU group
  AMD A12-9800 Intel Xeon E3 v3
• Predecessor
  No --
• Successor
  No --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.80 GHz 3.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.20 GHz 3.60 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• A core
  No --
• B core
  No --
• C core
  No --

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 Intel HD Graphics P4600
• GPU frequency
  1.11 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.20 GHz
• Execution units
  8 20
• Shader
  512 160
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  6 7.5
• DirectX Version
  12 11.1
• Technology
  28 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q2/2013

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 and AMD A12-9800. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR3-1333DDR3-1600
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A12-9800 and Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 84 W
• TDP up
  No --
• TDP (PL2)
  No --
• TDP down
  No --
• Tjunction max.
  90 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A12-9800 and AMD A12-9800, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  No 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Excavator Haswell S
• Technology
  28 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  AM4 LGA 1150
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q2/2013