AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H vs Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H and Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H

Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H

Around 69% higher clock speed: 4.9 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 86.95
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 22 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 105 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3265 vs 1576
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23146 vs 21856

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.9 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 86.95
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3265 vs 1576
PassMark - CPU mark	23146 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

Number of cores	12 vs 8
Number of threads	24 vs 16
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3265

1576

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

23146

21856

Name	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	3265	1576
PassMark - CPU mark	23146	21856
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3093
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		22657

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3+	Haswell
Launch date	19 Apr 2022	Q3'14
Place in performance rating	422	396
Vertical segment	Mobile	Embedded
Processor Number		E5-2658V3
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.3 GHz	2.20 GHz
Die size	208 mm²
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	4 MB
L3 cache	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	86.95
Maximum frequency	4.9 GHz	2.90 GHz
Number of cores	8	12
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
Supported memory types	DDR5-4800	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory bandwidth		68 GB/s
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Graphics
Graphics max dynamic frequency	2400 MHz
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	FP7	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	40
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
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
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)