AMD Ryzen 5 4600H vs Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 4600H and Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Ryzen 5 4600H

Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 4600H

Around 38% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Around 21% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 86.95
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 22 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2435 vs 1576

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105 °C vs 86.95
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2435 vs 1576

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
12 more threads: 24 vs 12
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21856 vs 14465

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 6
Number of threads	24 vs 12
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	21856 vs 14465

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2435

1576

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

14465

21856

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 4600H	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2435	1576
PassMark - CPU mark	14465	21856
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	4367
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3093
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		22657

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 4600H	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Haswell
Launch date	6 Jan 2020	Q3'14
OPN Tray	100-000000100
Place in performance rating	1090	347
Vertical segment	Laptop	Embedded
Processor Number		E5-2658V3
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3 GHz	2.20 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	3 MB
L3 cache	11 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	86.95
Maximum frequency	4 GHz	2.90 GHz
Number of cores	6	12
Number of threads	12	24
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		68 GB/s
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	35-54 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	FP6	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
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
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
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
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)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)