AMD A4-6300 vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A4-6300		Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
CPU comparison AMD A4-6300 or Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 - 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 A4-6300 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A4-6300 was released in Q2/2013. The Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 has 10 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 was released in Q3/2013.

AMD A (112)	Family	Intel Xeon E5 (71)
AMD A4-6000 (3)	CPU group	Intel Xeon E5 v2 (15)
3	Generation	4
Richland (Piledriver)	Architecture	Ivy Bridge EP
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A4-6300 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.70 GHz (3.90 GHz). The Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 has 10 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz (3.00 GHz).
AMD A4-6300	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
2	Cores	10
2	Threads	20
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.70 GHz	Frequency	2.20 GHz
3.90 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.00 GHz
3.90 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	2.60 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 A4-6300	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
--	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 HD 8370D	GPU	no iGPU
0.76 GHz	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
5	GPU Generation	--
32 nm	Technology
2	Max. displays
2	Compute units	--
128	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
11.2	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 HD 8370D	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 A4-6300 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 can connect up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.
AMD A4-6300	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
DDR3-1866	Memory	DDR3-1866
	Max. Memory	768 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	4 (Quad Channel)
29.9 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	59.7 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
1.00 MB	L3 Cache	20.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	40
--	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A4-6300 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 is 95 W.
AMD A4-6300	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	95 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD A4-6300 has a 1.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 cache has a total of 20.00 MB.
AMD A4-6300	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
32 nm	Technology	22 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
FM2	Socket	LGA 2011
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2013	Release date	Q3/2013
45 $	Release price	1150 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD A4-6300 (73%)

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD A4-6300 (12%)

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 (100%)

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 A4-6300 2C 2T @ 3.90 GHz	449 (73%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 10C 20T @ 3.00 GHz	618 (100%)

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 A4-6300 2C 2T @ 3.90 GHz	703 (13%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz	5536 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD A4-6300 2C 2T @ 3.90 GHz	1429 (11%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz	13142 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD A4-6300 2C 2T @ 3.70 GHz	355 (11%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 10C 20T @ 2.20 GHz	3204 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD A4-6300 2C 2T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 10C 20T @ 3.00 GHz	588 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD A4-6300 2C 2T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz	3558 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 A4-6300 2C 2T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz	2389 (100%)

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 A4-6300 AMD Radeon HD 8370D @ 0.76 GHz	195 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD A4-6300 2C 2T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz	336.4 (100%)

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 A4-6300 2C 2T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 10C 20T @ 3.00 GHz	113 (100%)

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 A4-6300 2C 2T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz	916 (100%)

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