AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U vs Intel Xeon W-1270P

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U and Intel Xeon W-1270P 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.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

Intel Xeon W-1270P

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

CPU is newer: launch date 11 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
8.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 125 Watt

Launch date	16 Mar 2021 vs 1 Apr 2020
Maximum core temperature	105 °C vs 100°C
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 125 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-1270P

Around 16% higher clock speed: 5.10 GHz vs 4.4 GHz
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18553 vs 17097

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	5.10 GHz vs 4.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3023 vs 3008
PassMark - CPU mark	18553 vs 17097

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W-1270P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3008

3023

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

17097

18553

Name	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U	Intel Xeon W-1270P
PassMark - Single thread mark	3008	3023
PassMark - CPU mark	17097	18553

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U	Intel Xeon W-1270P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3	Comet Lake
Family	AMD Ryzen PRO
Launch date	16 Mar 2021	1 Apr 2020
OPN Tray	100-000000289
Place in performance rating	520	497
Vertical segment	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$428 - $431
Processor Number		W-1270P
Series		Intel Xeon W Processor
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	1.9 GHz	3.80 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	4 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100°C
Maximum frequency	4.4 GHz	5.10 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of GPU cores	8
Number of threads	16	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266	DDR4-2933
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		45.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size		128 GB
Graphics
Execution Units	8
Graphics base frequency	2000 MHz	350 MHz
Number of pipelines	512
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 8	Intel UHD Graphics P630
Device ID		0x9BC6
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		3
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP6	FCLGA1200
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	125 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		95 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		3.50 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2015D
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)