AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 4600U and Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3 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.

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

Around 18% higher clock speed: 4.0 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Around 21% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 87.025°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 22 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2436 vs 1905
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13445 vs 10881

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.0 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105 °C vs 87.025°C
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2436 vs 1905
PassMark - CPU mark	13445 vs 10881

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
4 more threads: 16 vs 12
12x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 64 GB

Number of cores	8 vs 6
Number of threads	16 vs 12
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 64 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2436

1905

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

13445

10881

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 4600U	Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2436	1905
PassMark - CPU mark	13445	10881
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3682
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		18932

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 4600U	Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Haswell
Family	AMD Ryzen
Launch date	6 Jan 2020	Q3'14
OPN Tray	100-000000105
Place in performance rating	818	344
Series	AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Vertical segment	Laptop	Embedded
Processor Number		E5-2618LV3
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.1 GHz	2.30 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB
L2 cache	3 MB
L3 cache	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	87.025°C
Maximum frequency	4.0 GHz	3.40 GHz
Number of cores	6	8
Number of GPU cores	6
Number of threads	12	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	4	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.27 GB/s	59 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200MHz, LPDDR4-4266MHz	DDR4 1600/1866
Graphics
Execution Units	6
Graphics max frequency	1500 MHz
Number of pipelines	384
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 6
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported	4
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	10-25 Watt
Sockets supported	FP6	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 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	16	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x8+1x4+1x4, 2x4+1x4+1x4	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)