AMD A12-9700P vs Intel Xeon w5-3425

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AMD A12-9700P CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon w5-3425
AMD A12-9700P Intel Xeon w5-3425

CPU comparison

AMD A12-9700P or Intel Xeon w5-3425 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD A12-9700P has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A12-9700P was released in Q4/2016.

The Intel Xeon w5-3425 has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon w5-3425 was released in Q1/2023.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Xeon W (83)
AMD A12-9700 (2) CPU group Intel Xeon W-3400 (8)
6 Generation 12
Excavator (Bristol Ridge) Architecture Sapphire Rapids-WS
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Xeon W-3225
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A12-9700P is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (3.40 GHz). The Intel Xeon w5-3425 has 12 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (4.60 GHz).

AMD A12-9700P Characteristic Intel Xeon w5-3425
4 Cores 12
4 Threads 24
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.50 GHz Frequency 3.20 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.60 GHz
2.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.90 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD A12-9700P Characteristic Intel Xeon w5-3425
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) GPU no iGPU
0.76 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
6 GPU Generation --
28 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
8 Compute units --
512 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD A12-9700P supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon w5-3425 can connect up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels.

AMD A12-9700P Characteristic Intel Xeon w5-3425
DDR4-1866 Memory DDR5-4800
64 GB Max. Memory 4096 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 307.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 30.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 5.0
8 PCIe lanes 112
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 441.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A12-9700P has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Intel Xeon w5-3425 is 270 W.

AMD A12-9700P Characteristic Intel Xeon w5-3425
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 270 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 324 W
-- TDP down --
90 °C Tjunction max. 103 °C

Technical details

The AMD A12-9700P has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon w5-3425 cache has a total of 30.00 MB.

AMD A12-9700P Characteristic Intel Xeon w5-3425
28 nm Technology 10 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, AMX
FP4 Socket LGA 4677
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d, VT-rp, vPro Enterprise
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 11, Windows Server, Linux
Q4/2016 Release date Q1/2023
-- Release price 1189 $
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A12-9700P AMD A12-9700P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
481 (100%)
Intel Xeon w5-3425 Intel Xeon w5-3425
12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A12-9700P AMD A12-9700P
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1239 (100%)
Intel Xeon w5-3425 Intel Xeon w5-3425
12C 24T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD A12-9700P AMD A12-9700P
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) @ 0.76 GHz
782 (100%)
Intel Xeon w5-3425 Intel Xeon w5-3425
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A12-9700P AMD A12-9700P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
72 (100%)
Intel Xeon w5-3425 Intel Xeon w5-3425
12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A12-9700P AMD A12-9700P
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
223 (100%)
Intel Xeon w5-3425 Intel Xeon w5-3425
12C 24T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A12-9700P Intel Xeon w5-3425
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