AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U vs Intel Xeon W-1290T

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 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 7 PRO 5850U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 10 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 60% 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
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 Mar 2021 vs 13 May 2020
Maximum core temperature 105 °C vs 100°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2.5 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2983 vs 2974

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-1290T

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
  • 4 more threads: 20 vs 16
  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 4.70 GHz vs 4.4 GHz
  • Around 25% 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
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18409 vs 16932
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 8
Number of threads 20 vs 16
Maximum frequency 4.70 GHz vs 4.4 GHz
L1 cache 640 KB vs 512 KB
L3 cache 20 MB vs 16 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 18409 vs 16932

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W-1290T

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2983
2974
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
16932
18409
Name AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U Intel Xeon W-1290T
PassMark - Single thread mark 2983 2974
PassMark - CPU mark 16932 18409

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U Intel Xeon W-1290T

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Comet Lake
Family AMD Ryzen PRO
Launch date 16 Mar 2021 13 May 2020
OPN Tray 100-000000289
Place in performance rating 629 617
Vertical segment Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $494
Processor Number W-1290T
Series Intel Xeon W Processor
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 1.9 GHz 1.90 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 640 KB
L2 cache 4 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 4.4 GHz 4.70 GHz
Number of cores 8 10
Number of GPU cores 8
Number of threads 16 20
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 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)