AMD Ryzen 5 3500C vs Intel Xeon E5-2618L v4

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3500C and Intel Xeon E5-2618L v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

Intel Xeon E5-2618L v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Around 21% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 87°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1984 vs 1947

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 87°C
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1984 vs 1947

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2618L v4

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 4
12 more threads: 20 vs 8
3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22319 vs 5682

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 4
Number of threads	20 vs 8
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	22319 vs 5682

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2618L v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1984

1947

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

5682

22319

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C	Intel Xeon E5-2618L v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	1984	1947
PassMark - CPU mark	5682	22319

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C	Intel Xeon E5-2618L v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Broadwell
Family	AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch date	22 Sep 2020	Q1'16
OPN Tray	YM350CC4T4MFG
Place in performance rating	1252	1015
Series	AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Vertical segment	Mobile	Embedded
Processor Number		E5-2618LV4
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.1 GHz	2.20 GHz
Compute Cores	12
L1 cache	384 KB
L2 cache	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C	87°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	3.20 GHz
Number of cores	4	10
Number of GPU cores	8
Number of threads	8	20
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Maximum memory bandwidth		68.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1.5 TB
Supported memory types		DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1200 MHz
iGPU core count	8
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP5	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	75 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		45mm x 52.5mm
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
The "Zen" Core Architecture
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
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		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)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)