AMD Ryzen 9 5900H vs Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 5900H and Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2 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.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

Around 53% higher clock speed: 4.6 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 22 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2977 vs 1529
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 20557 vs 18250

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.6 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2977 vs 1529
PassMark - CPU mark	20557 vs 18250

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
4 more threads: 20 vs 16
6x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 128 GB

Number of cores	10 vs 8
Number of threads	20 vs 16
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 128 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2977

1529

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

20557

18250

Name	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	2977	1529
PassMark - CPU mark	20557	18250
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2846
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		19410

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3	Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date	7 Jan 2021	Q3'13
Place in performance rating	484	504
Vertical segment	Laptop	Embedded
Processor Number		E5-2658V2
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.3 GHz	2.40 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	4 MB
L3 cache	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	4.6 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	8	10
Number of threads	16	20
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		87°C
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	47.68 GB/s	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	128 GB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP6	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
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® AVX
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)