AMD A6-3620 vs Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5

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AMD A6-3620 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
AMD A6-3620 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5

CPU comparison

AMD A6-3620 or Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 - 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 A6-3620 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.50 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A6-3620 was released in Q4/2011.

The Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 was released in Q4/2015.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Xeon E3 (43)
AMD A6-3000 (5) CPU group Intel Xeon E3 v5 (17)
1 Generation 5
Llano (K10) Architecture Skylake S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A6-3620 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A6-3620 is 2.20 GHz (2.50 GHz) while the Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 has 4 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 is at 3.50 GHz (3.90 GHz).

AMD A6-3620 Characteristic Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
2.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.90 GHz
2.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.70 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 A6-3620 Characteristic Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD A6-3620 or Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon HD 6530D GPU no iGPU
0.44 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
3 GPU Generation --
32 nm Technology
0 Max. displays
5 Compute units --
320 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
1 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11 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 6530D 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 A6-3620 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.1 GB/s.

AMD A6-3620 Characteristic Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
DDR3-1600 Memory DDR4-2133
Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 8.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A6-3620 is 65 W, while the Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 has a TDP of 80 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD A6-3620 Characteristic Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 80 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD A6-3620 is manufactured in 32 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 8.00 MB cache.

AMD A6-3620 Characteristic Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
32 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE3, SSE4a ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FM1 Socket LGA 1151
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2011 Release date Q4/2015
-- Release price 190 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

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 A6-3620 AMD A6-3620
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
315 (28%)
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1112 (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 A6-3620 AMD A6-3620
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1003 (23%)
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
4428 (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 A6-3620 AMD A6-3620
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2896 (35%)
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
8308 (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 A6-3620 AMD A6-3620
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1364 (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 A6-3620 AMD A6-3620
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
4586 (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 A6-3620 AMD A6-3620
AMD Radeon HD 6530D @ 0.44 GHz
284 (100%)
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
@ 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 A6-3620 AMD A6-3620
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
168 (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 A6-3620 AMD A6-3620
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
821 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A6-3620 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
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