AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs Intel Xeon W-1290T

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 5600U and Intel Xeon W-1290T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 100°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 20% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 13 May 2020
Maximum core temperature 105 °C vs 100°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache 3 MB vs 2.5 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-1290T

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 6
  • 8 more threads: 20 vs 12
  • Around 12% higher clock speed: 4.70 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
  • Around 67% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 128 GB vs 64 GB
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2974 vs 2921
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18409 vs 15486
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 6
Number of threads 20 vs 12
Maximum frequency 4.70 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
L1 cache 640 KB vs 384 KB
L3 cache 20 MB vs 16 MB
Maximum memory size 128 GB vs 64 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2974 vs 2921
PassMark - CPU mark 18409 vs 15486

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W-1290T

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2921
2974
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
15486
18409
Name AMD Ryzen 5 5600U Intel Xeon W-1290T
PassMark - Single thread mark 2921 2974
PassMark - CPU mark 15486 18409

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600U Intel Xeon W-1290T

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Comet Lake
Family AMD Ryzen
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 13 May 2020
OPN Tray 100-000000287
Place in performance rating 573 515
Series AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics Intel Xeon W Processor
Vertical segment Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $494
Processor Number W-1290T
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.3 GHz 1.90 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 640 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 2.5 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 20 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 105 °C 100°C
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz 4.70 GHz
Number of cores 6 10
Number of GPU cores 7
Number of threads 12 20
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s

Memory

Max memory channels 4 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 68.27 GB/s 45.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200MHz, LPDDR4-4266MHz DDR4-2933

Graphics

Execution Units 7
Graphics max frequency 1800 MHz
Number of pipelines 448
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 7 Intel UHD Graphics P630
Device ID 0x9BC6
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported 4 3

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 10-25 Watt
Sockets supported FP6 FCLGA1200
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2015B

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)