AMD Ryzen 3 3250C vs Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 3250C and Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Ryzen 3 3250C

Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 3250C

Around 17% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 21% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 87.025°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
5.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 85 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1911 vs 1754

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105 °C vs 87.025°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 85 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1911 vs 1754

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
24x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 32 GB
2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8447 vs 3153

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 32 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	8447 vs 3153

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 3250C
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1911

1754

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3153

8447

Name	AMD Ryzen 3 3250C	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1911	1754
PassMark - CPU mark	3153	8447

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 3 3250C	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Haswell
Family	AMD Ryzen
Launch date	22 Sep 2020	Q3'14
OPN Tray	YM325CC4T2OFG
Place in performance rating	1352	1368
Series	AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Vertical segment	Laptop	Embedded
Processor Number		E5-2628 V3
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.6 GHz	2.50 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	87.025°C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	2	8
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	8
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	35.76 GB/s	68.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2133
Graphics
Execution Units	3
Graphics base frequency	1200 MHz
Number of pipelines	192
Processor graphics	Radeon RX Vega 3
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
OpenGL	4.6
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	12-25 Watt
Sockets supported	FP5	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	85 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	12	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x8+1x4	x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)