AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Xeon W-1270P

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX and Intel Xeon W-1270P processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

Intel Xeon W-1270P

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

CPU is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 125 Watt
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3188 vs 2942
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22447 vs 17049

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 1 Apr 2020
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 125 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3188 vs 2942
PassMark - CPU mark	22447 vs 17049

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-1270P

Around 11% higher clock speed: 5.10 GHz vs 4.6 GHz

Maximum frequency	5.10 GHz vs 4.6 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W-1270P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3188

2942

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

22447

17049

Name	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX	Intel Xeon W-1270P
PassMark - Single thread mark	3188	2942
PassMark - CPU mark	22447	17049
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	6505

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX	Intel Xeon W-1270P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3	Comet Lake
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	1 Apr 2020
Place in performance rating	656	646
Vertical segment	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$428 - $431
Processor Number		W-1270P
Series		Intel Xeon W Processor
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.3 GHz	3.80 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	4 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	4.6 GHz	5.10 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of threads	16	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s
Maximum core temperature		100°C
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	47.68 GB/s	45.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size	128 GB	128 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-4266	DDR4-2933
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP6	FCLGA1200
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	125 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		95 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		3.50 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2015D
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	16
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability		1S Only
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 SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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		0x9BC6
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		64 GB
Processor graphics		Intel UHD Graphics P630
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096x2304@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot