A9-9425 vs Xeon E3-1268L v5

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1268L v5 and A9-9425 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1376	1930
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.36	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E3	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Skylake (2015−2016)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	19 October 2015 (8 years ago)	31 May 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$377	no data
Current price	$282 (0.7x MSRP)	$561

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1268L v5 and A9-9425 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Base clock speed	no data	3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	128K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	122 mm2	124.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1268L v5 and A9-9425 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	LGA-1151	FT4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1268L v5 and A9-9425. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR4-2133 RAM (1 channel), PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1268L v5 and A9-9425 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

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no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1268L v5 and A9-9425 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1268L v5 and A9-9425. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1600	DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

Intel HD Graphics P530

AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1268L v5 and A9-9425.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E3-1268L v5 outperforms A9-9425 by 122% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.93	1.77
Integrated graphics card	2.78	1.34
Recency	19 October 2015	31 May 2016
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

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