AMD Ryzen 5 3550U vs Intel Xeon E5-2628L v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3550U and Intel Xeon E5-2628L v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Ryzen 5 3550U

Intel Xeon E5-2628L v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3550U

Around 48% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 22 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2053 vs 1483

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2053 vs 1483

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2628L v3

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 4
12 more threads: 20 vs 8
24x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 32 GB
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9949 vs 7681

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 4
Number of threads	20 vs 8
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 32 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	9949 vs 7681

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3550U
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2628L v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2053

1483

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7681

9949

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 3550U	Intel Xeon E5-2628L v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2053	1483
PassMark - CPU mark	7681	9949
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2355
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		14887

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 3550U	Intel Xeon E5-2628L v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Haswell
Launch date	Q1 2020	Q3'14
Place in performance rating	1098	784
Vertical segment	Laptop	Embedded
Processor Number		E5-2628LV3
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	2.00 GHz
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz	2.50 GHz
Number of cores	4	10
Number of threads	8	20
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		87.025°C
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	59 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4 1600/1866
Graphics
Execution Units	8
Graphics base frequency	300 MHz
Graphics max frequency	1200 MHz
Number of pipelines	512
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP5	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	75 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
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)
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)