AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS vs Intel Xeon E-2278GEL

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS and Intel Xeon E-2278GEL processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS

  • CPU is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 4.3 GHz vs 3.90 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2604 vs 2428
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19046 vs 12024
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Mar 2020 vs 27 May 2019
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz vs 3.90 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 1 MB vs 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2604 vs 2428
PassMark - CPU mark 19046 vs 12024

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E-2278GEL

  • Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
L3 cache 16 MB vs 12 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E-2278GEL

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2604
2428
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
19046
12024
Name AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS Intel Xeon E-2278GEL
PassMark - Single thread mark 2604 2428
PassMark - CPU mark 19046 12024
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8230

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS Intel Xeon E-2278GEL

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Coffee Lake
Launch date 7 Mar 2020 27 May 2019
Place in performance rating 818 837
Vertical segment Laptop Embedded
Launch price (MSRP) $494
Processor Number E-2278GEL
Series Intel Xeon E Processor
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.0 GHz 2.00 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 12 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 105 °C
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz 3.90 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 DDR4-2666
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
DVI
eDP
Number of displays supported 3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics

Device ID 0x3E9A
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
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 128 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2160@30Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot