AMD E2-3000 vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3

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AMD E2-3000 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
AMD E2-3000 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3

CPU comparison

AMD E2-3000 or Intel Xeon E5-2660 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 E2-3000 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.65 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The AMD E2-3000 was released in Q3/2013.

The Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 has 10 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 was released in Q3/2014.
AMD E (23) Family Intel Xeon E5 (71)
AMD E2-3000 (4) CPU group Intel Xeon E5 v3 (32)
3 Generation 5
Llano (K10) Architecture Haswell E
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
-- Successor Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD E2-3000 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.65 GHz. The Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 has 10 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (3.30 GHz).

AMD E2-3000 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
2 Cores 10
2 Threads 20
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
1.65 GHz Frequency 2.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.30 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.00 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 E2-3000 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
-- 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 8280 GPU no iGPU
0.45 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
5 GPU Generation --
28 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
2 Compute units --
128 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.1 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 8280 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 E2-3000 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 can connect up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.

AMD E2-3000 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
DDR3L-1600 Memory DDR4-2133
Max. Memory 768 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 68.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
1.00 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 E2-3000 has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 is 105 W.

AMD E2-3000 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 105 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD E2-3000 has a 1.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 cache has a total of 25.00 MB.

AMD E2-3000 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
28 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
-- Socket LGA 2011-3
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2013 Release date Q3/2014
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks
AMD E2-3000 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 (0%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD E2-3000 (9%)
Intel Xeon E5-2660 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 E2-3000 AMD E2-3000
2C 2T @ 1.65 GHz
1177 (9%)
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
10C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
13147 (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 E2-3000 AMD E2-3000
2C 2T @ 1.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
884 (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 E2-3000 AMD E2-3000
2C 2T @ 1.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
10C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
7022 (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 E2-3000 AMD E2-3000
2C 2T @ 1.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
1042 (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 E2-3000 AMD E2-3000
2C 2T @ 1.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
10C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
6285 (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 E2-3000 AMD E2-3000
AMD Radeon HD 8280 @ 0.45 GHz
115 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 E2-3000 AMD E2-3000
2C 2T @ 1.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz
3967 (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 E2-3000 AMD E2-3000
2C 2T @ 1.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
127 (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 E2-3000 AMD E2-3000
2C 2T @ 1.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
10C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
1593 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD E2-3000 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
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