AMD A6-3670K vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3

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AMD A6-3670K CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
AMD A6-3670K Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3

CPU comparison

AMD A6-3670K or Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 - 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 A6-3670K has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A6-3670K was released in Q4/2011.

The Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 has 10 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 was released in Q3/2014.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Xeon E5 (71)
AMD A6-3000 (5) CPU group Intel Xeon E5 v3 (32)
1 Generation 5
Llano (K10) Architecture Haswell E
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A6-3670K is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.70 GHz. The Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 has 10 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.10 GHz (3.50 GHz).

AMD A6-3670K Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
4 Cores 10
4 Threads 20
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
2.70 GHz Frequency 3.10 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.30 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD A6-3670K Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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 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 A6-3670K supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 can connect up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.

AMD A6-3670K Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
DDR3-1600 Memory DDR4-2133
Max. Memory 768 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 68.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 25.00 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 A6-3670K has a TDP of 100 W, that of the Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 is 160 W.

AMD A6-3670K Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
100 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 160 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD A6-3670K has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 cache has a total of 25.00 MB.

AMD A6-3670K Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
32 nm Technology 22 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 2011-3
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 Q3/2014
60 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks
AMD A6-3670K (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 (0%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD A6-3670K (22%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 (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 A6-3670K AMD A6-3670K
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
3288 (22%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
14753 (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 A6-3670K AMD A6-3670K
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
10C 20T @ 3.50 GHz
886 (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 A6-3670K AMD A6-3670K
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
8596 (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 A6-3670K AMD A6-3670K
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
10C 20T @ 3.50 GHz
1092 (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 A6-3670K AMD A6-3670K
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
7563 (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 A6-3670K AMD A6-3670K
AMD Radeon HD 6530D @ 0.44 GHz
284 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
@ 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 A6-3670K AMD A6-3670K
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
10C 20T @ 3.50 GHz
135 (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 A6-3670K AMD A6-3670K
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
1752 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A6-3670K Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
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