AMD A6-6400K vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A6-6000 Intel Xeon E5 v2
• Family
  AMD A Intel Xeon E5
• Generation
  3 4
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.9 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 10
• CPU Threads
  2 20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.1 GHz 3.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  4.1 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  - 2.9 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  11.2 -
• Execution units
  3 -
• Generation
  5 -
• GPU Frequency
  800 MHz -
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 8470D no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2013 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  32 nm -

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 and AMD A6-6400K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 4
• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 DDR3-1866
• PCIe lanes
  - 40
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A6-6400K and Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 115 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A6-6400K and Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Richland (Piledriver) Ivy Bridge EP
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  1 MB 25 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q3/2013
• Socket
  FM2 LGA 2011
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d