AMD Ryzen 9 5900H vs Intel Xeon E5-2628L v4

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 5900H and Intel Xeon E5-2628L v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

  • Around 92% higher clock speed: 4.6 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2977 vs 1462
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 20557 vs 18895
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2977 vs 1462
PassMark - CPU mark 20557 vs 18895

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2628L v4

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 8 more threads: 24 vs 16
  • 12x more maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 128 GB
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Number of threads 24 vs 16
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 128 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2628L v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2977
1462
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
20557
18895
Name AMD Ryzen 9 5900H Intel Xeon E5-2628L v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 2977 1462
PassMark - CPU mark 20557 18895
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2888
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 18925

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H Intel Xeon E5-2628L v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Broadwell
Launch date 7 Jan 2021 Q1'16
Place in performance rating 578 587
Vertical segment Laptop Embedded
Processor Number E5-2628LV4
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 1.90 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz 2.40 GHz
Number of cores 8 12
Number of threads 16 24
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature 87°C
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s 68.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB 1.5 TB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4 1600/1866/2133

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP6 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 75 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 40
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4 x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
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

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)

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)