AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and Intel Xeon E5-2620 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 5500U

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

Around 25% higher clock speed: 4.0 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Around 45% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 72.6°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 22 nm
5.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 85 Watt
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2426 vs 1696

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.0 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105 °C vs 72.6°C
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 85 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2426 vs 1696

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

12x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 64 GB
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13211 vs 12896

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 64 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	13211 vs 12896

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2426

1696

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

12896

13211

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 5500U	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2426	1696
PassMark - CPU mark	12896	13211
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	3761
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		697
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		16.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		194.017
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		7.846
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		47.998

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 5500U	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Haswell
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	Q3'14
OPN Tray	100-000000375
Place in performance rating	1158	1404
Vertical segment	Laptop	Server
Processor Number		E5-2620V3
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.1 GHz	2.40 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	72.6°C
Maximum frequency	4.0 GHz	3.20 GHz
Number of cores	6	6
Number of GPU cores	6
Number of threads	12	12
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Maximum memory size	64 GB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266	DDR4 1600/1866
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		59 GB/s
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1800 MHz
iGPU core count	7
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	10-25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	FP6	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	85 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
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)