AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G vs Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G and Intel Xeon E5-2658A 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.

AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G

Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G

Around 21% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1894 vs 1688

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1894 vs 1688

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 2
20 more threads: 24 vs 4
24x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 32 GB
3.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14879 vs 4144

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 2
Number of threads	24 vs 4
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 32 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	14879 vs 4144

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1894

1688

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4144

14879

Name	AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G	Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1894	1688
PassMark - CPU mark	4144	14879
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2959
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		20447

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G	Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Haswell
Launch date	16 Apr 2019	Q1'15
Place in performance rating	1250	440
Processor Number	R1606G	E5-2658AV3
Vertical segment	Embedded	Embedded
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.6 GHz	2.20 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	2.90 GHz
Number of cores	2	12
Number of threads	4	24
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		91
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	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
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	105 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)