AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G vs Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G and Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • 24x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 32 GB
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1905 vs 1894
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10881 vs 4144
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum memory size 768 GB vs 32 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1905 vs 1894
PassMark - CPU mark 10881 vs 4144

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1894
1905
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4144
10881
Name AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 1894 1905
PassMark - CPU mark 4144 10881
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3682
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 18932

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Haswell
Launch date 16 Apr 2019 Q3'14
Place in performance rating 1251 342
Processor Number R1606G E5-2618LV3
Vertical segment Embedded Embedded
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.6 GHz 2.30 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 3.40 GHz
Number of cores 2 8
Number of threads 4 16
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature 87.025°C
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

Max memory channels 2 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 35.76 GB/s 59 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4 1600/1866

Graphics

Execution Units 3
Graphics max frequency 1200 MHz
Number of pipelines 192
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 3

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.6

Compatibility

Configurable TDP-down 12 Watt
Configurable TDP-up 25 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 75 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 8 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x8 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)