AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 4500U and Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, 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, 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).

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 21% higher clock speed: 4.0 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Around 28% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 82°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 22 nm
Around 20% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
7.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2422 vs 1587

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jan 2020 vs September 2013
Maximum frequency	4.0 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105 °C vs 82°C
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 22 nm
L2 cache	3 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2422 vs 1587

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 6
14 more threads: 20 vs 6
Around 67% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
3.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18965 vs 10828

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 6
Number of threads	20 vs 6
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L3 cache	25600 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	18965 vs 10828

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2422

1587

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

10828

18965

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 4500U	Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	2422	1587
PassMark - CPU mark	10828	18965
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		546
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.749
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		70.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		4.413
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		12.303

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 4500U	Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date	6 Jan 2020	September 2013
OPN Tray	100-000000084
Place in performance rating	967	1944
Vertical segment	Laptop	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$927
Price now		$489
Processor Number		E5-2670V2
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		9.03
Performance
Base frequency	2.3 GHz	2.50 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	25600 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	82°C
Maximum frequency	4.0 GHz	3.30 GHz
Number of cores	6	10
Number of GPU cores	6
Number of threads	6	20
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		160 mm
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		1400 million
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1500 MHz
iGPU core count	6
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	10-25 Watt
Sockets supported	FP6	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	115 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S Only
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® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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)