AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX and Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, 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 5980HX

Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Around 66% higher clock speed: 4.8 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Around 21% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 86.95
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 22 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 105 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3342 vs 1576
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23534 vs 21856

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.8 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105 °C vs 86.95
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3342 vs 1576
PassMark - CPU mark	23534 vs 21856

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
8 more threads: 24 vs 16
12x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 64 GB

Number of cores	12 vs 8
Number of threads	24 vs 16
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 64 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3342

1576

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

23534

21856

Name	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	3342	1576
PassMark - CPU mark	23534	21856
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3093
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		22657

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3	Haswell
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	Q3'14
OPN Tray	100-000000474
Place in performance rating	389	396
Vertical segment	Laptop	Embedded
Processor Number		E5-2658V3
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.3 GHz	2.20 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	4 MB
L3 cache	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	86.95
Maximum frequency	4.8 GHz	2.90 GHz
Number of cores	8	12
Number of GPU cores	8
Number of threads	16	24
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
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	2100 MHz
iGPU core count	8
Processor graphics	Radeon RX Vega 8
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	FP6	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations		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)