AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U vs Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U and Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, 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 7730U

Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U

Around 55% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 91
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 22 nm
7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3111 vs 1688
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19542 vs 14879

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.5 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 91
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3111 vs 1688
PassMark - CPU mark	19542 vs 14879

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
8 more threads: 24 vs 16

Number of cores	12 vs 8
Number of threads	24 vs 16
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3111

1688

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

19542

14879

Name	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U	Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	3111	1688
PassMark - CPU mark	19542	14879
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2959
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		20447

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7730U	Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3
Essentials
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	Q1'15
Place in performance rating	441	439
Architecture codename		Haswell
Processor Number		E5-2658AV3
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Embedded
Performance
Base frequency	2000 MHz	2.20 GHz
Die size	180 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)
L3 cache	16MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	91
Maximum frequency	4.5 GHz	2.90 GHz
Number of cores	8	12
Number of threads	16	24
Transistor count	10,700 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200 MHz, Dual-channel	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		68 GB/s
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	FP6	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 16 Lanes, (CPU only)	x4, x8, x16
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
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)