AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Intel Xeon E5-2628L v4

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX and Intel Xeon E5-2628L v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Intel Xeon E5-2628L v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
Around 104% higher clock speed: 4.9 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 87°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 75 Watt
2.4x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3443 vs 1462
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 24847 vs 18895

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum frequency	4.9 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 87°C
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3443 vs 1462
PassMark - CPU mark	24847 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

Number of cores	12 vs 8
Number of threads	24 vs 16

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2628L v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3443

1462

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

24847

18895

Name	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	Intel Xeon E5-2628L v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	3443	1462
PassMark - CPU mark	24847	18895
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	6835
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2888
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		18925

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	Intel Xeon E5-2628L v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3+	Broadwell
Launch date	Jan 2022	Q1'16
Place in performance rating	567	517
Vertical segment	Mobile	Embedded
Processor Number		E5-2628LV4
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.3 GHz	1.90 GHz
Die size	208 mm²
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	4 MB
L3 cache	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	87°C
Maximum frequency	4.9 GHz	2.40 GHz
Number of cores	8	12
Number of threads	16	24
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory types	DDR5-4800	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory bandwidth		68.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1.5 TB
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	2400 MHz
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP7	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		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)