AMD Ryzen 5 6600H vs Intel Xeon W-11855M

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 6600H and Intel Xeon W-11855M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Intel Xeon W-11855M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 10 nm SuperFin
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18702 vs 18160

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	Jan 2022 vs 11 May 2021
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 10 nm SuperFin
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	18702 vs 18160

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-11855M

Around 9% higher clock speed: 4.90 GHz vs 4.5 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
Around 25% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2.5x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 13% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3256 vs 3180

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.90 GHz vs 4.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95 °C
L1 cache	480 KB vs 384 KB
L2 cache	7.5 MB vs 3 MB
L3 cache	18 MB vs 16 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3256 vs 3180

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W-11855M

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3180

3256

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

18702

18160

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 6600H	Intel Xeon W-11855M
PassMark - Single thread mark	3180	3256
PassMark - CPU mark	18702	18160

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 6600H	Intel Xeon W-11855M
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3+	Tiger Lake
Launch date	Jan 2022	11 May 2021
Place in performance rating	513	485
Launch price (MSRP)		$450
Processor Number		W-11855M
Series		Intel Xeon W Processor
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	3.3 GHz
Die size	208 mm²
L1 cache	384 KB	480 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	7.5 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	18 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	10 nm SuperFin
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100°C
Maximum frequency	4.5 GHz	4.90 GHz
Number of cores	6	6
Number of threads	12	12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR5-4800	Up to 3200 MT/s
Maximum memory bandwidth		51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size		128 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP7	FCBGA1787
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		35 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		2.60 GHz
Configurable TDP-up		45 Watt
Configurable TDP-up Frequency		3.20 GHz
Package Size		50 x 26.5
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	20
PCI Express revision	4.0
PCIe configurations		Up to 1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4, 1x8+3x4
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Speed Shift technology
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)
Graphics
Device ID		0x9A70
Execution Units		32
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.45 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel Processors
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		4
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		7680x4320@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096x2304@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12.1
OpenGL		4.6
Security & Reliability
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Secure Boot