AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs Intel Xeon E3-1515M v5

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and Intel Xeon E3-1515M v5 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher clock speed: 4.3 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2461 vs 2148
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9192 vs 7938
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 vs 24 January 2016
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache 512K (per core) vs 1 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2461 vs 2148
PassMark - CPU mark 9192 vs 7938

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1515M v5

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
  • 2097152x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95°C
L3 cache 8 MB vs 4MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1515M v5

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2461
2148
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9192
7938
Name AMD Ryzen 5 7520U Intel Xeon E3-1515M v5
PassMark - Single thread mark 2461 2148
PassMark - CPU mark 9192 7938
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 39.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 317.791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 11.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 58.907

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U Intel Xeon E3-1515M v5

Essentials

Architecture codename Mendocino Skylake
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 24 January 2016
Place in performance rating 962 755
Launch price (MSRP) $489
Processor Number E3-1515MV5
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v5 Family
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 2.8 GHz 2.80 GHz
Die size 100 mm²
L1 cache 64K (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) 1 MB
L3 cache 4MB (shared) 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz 3.70 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 8 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5, Dual-channel DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FCBGA1440
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 35 W
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 42mm x 28mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only) Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0

Graphics

Device ID 0x193D
eDRAM 128 MB
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel® Iris® Pro Graphics P580

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over WiDi Up to 4096x2304@30Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.4

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)