AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U vs Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U and Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, 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 PRO 3500U

Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

Around 68% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.20 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: 12 nm vs 22 nm
7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1963 vs 1317

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 2.20 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 87°C
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1963 vs 1317

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
16 more threads: 24 vs 8
24x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 32 GB
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9061 vs 7033

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 4
Number of threads	24 vs 8
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 32 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	9061 vs 7033

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1963

1317

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7033

9061

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U	Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1963	1317
PassMark - CPU mark	7033	9061
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	712
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	2529

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U	Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Haswell
Family	Ryzen 5
Launch date	8 April 2019	Q2'15
OPN Tray	YM350BC4T4MFG
Place in performance rating	1699	1688
Processor Number	PRO 3500U	E5-4648V3
Series	3000	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Vertical segment	Mobile	Embedded
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.1 GHz	1.70 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB
L2 cache	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	87°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	2.20 GHz
Number of cores	4	12
Number of GPU cores	8
Number of threads	8	24
Transistor count	4940 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	35.76 GB/s	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Graphics
Execution Units	8
Graphics base frequency	1200 MHz
iGPU core count	8
Number of pipelines	512
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported	4
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
OpenGL	4.6
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	12-25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	4
Sockets supported	FP5	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 51mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	12	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x8+1x4, 2x4+1x4	x4, x8, x16
Scalability		4S
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)