AMD Ryzen 5 6600U vs Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 6600U and Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

Around 50% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 87°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 22 nm
6.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 95 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3173 vs 1529

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.5 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 87°C
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3173 vs 1529

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 6
8 more threads: 20 vs 12
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18250 vs 16545

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 6
Number of threads	20 vs 12
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	18250 vs 16545

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3173

1529

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

16545

18250

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 6600U	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	3173	1529
PassMark - CPU mark	16545	18250
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2846
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		19410

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 6600U	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3+	Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date	Jan 2022	Q3'13
Place in performance rating	541	567
Processor Number		E5-2658V2
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Embedded
Performance
Base frequency	2.9 GHz	2.40 GHz
Die size	208 mm²
L1 cache	384 KB
L2 cache	3 MB
L3 cache	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	87°C
Maximum frequency	4.5 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	6	10
Number of threads	12	20
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory types	DDR5-4800	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
Maximum memory bandwidth		59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	15-28 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	FP7	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	40
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX
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
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)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)