AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS vs Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS and Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, 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 4600HS

Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS

Around 38% higher clock speed: 4.0 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Around 15% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 91
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 22 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2398 vs 1688

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.0 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105 °C vs 91
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2398 vs 1688

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
12 more threads: 24 vs 12
24x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 32 GB
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14879 vs 14230

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 6
Number of threads	24 vs 12
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 32 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	14879 vs 14230

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2398

1688

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

14230

14879

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS	Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2398	1688
PassMark - CPU mark	14230	14879
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2959
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		20447

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS	Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Haswell
Launch date	6 Jan 2020	Q1'15
Place in performance rating	823	438
Vertical segment	Mobile	Embedded
Processor Number		E5-2658AV3
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.0 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	91
Maximum frequency	4.0 GHz	2.90 GHz
Number of cores	6	12
Number of threads	12	24
Transistor count	9800 million
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory size	32 GB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-4266	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory bandwidth		68 GB/s
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP6	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	105 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		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)