AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H vs Intel Xeon E5-2658 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H and Intel Xeon E5-2658 v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H

Intel Xeon E5-2658 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H

Around 61% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 91°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 85% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3234 vs 1748

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.5 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 91°C
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3234 vs 1748

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658 v4

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 8
12 more threads: 28 vs 16
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 27797 vs 22975

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	14 vs 8
Number of threads	28 vs 16
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	27797 vs 22975

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3234

1748

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

22975

27797

Name	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	3234	1748
PassMark - CPU mark	22975	27797
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2744
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		22233

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3+	Broadwell
Launch date	19 Apr 2022	Q1'16
Place in performance rating	361	347
Vertical segment	Mobile	Embedded
Processor Number		E5-2658V4
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	2.30 GHz
Die size	208 mm²
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	4 MB
L3 cache	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	91°C
Maximum frequency	4.5 GHz	2.80 GHz
Number of cores	8	14
Number of threads	16	28
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory types	DDR5-4800	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
Maximum memory bandwidth		76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1.5 TB
Graphics
Graphics max dynamic frequency	2200 MHz
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	FP7	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		45mm x 52.5mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	40
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
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
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)