Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 vs AMD A8-5600K. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Xeon E3 v5 AMD A8-5000
• Family
  Intel Xeon E3 AMD A
• Generation
  5 2
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

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

• Base Frequency
  3.3 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.7 GHz 3.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.5 GHz 3.9 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
  12 11
• Execution units
  24 4
• Generation
  9 4
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 760 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics P530 AMD Radeon HD 7560D
• GPU Turbo
  1200 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q3/2012
• Shader
  192 256
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A8-5600K and Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 DDR3-1866
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 and AMD A8-5600K 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)
  80 W 100 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 and AMD A8-5600K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake S Trinity (Piledriver)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2015 Q3/2012
• Socket
  LGA 1151 FM2
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V