AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme and Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

  • Around 76% higher clock speed: 5.1 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
  • Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 91
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 4 nm vs 22 nm
  • 7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3617 vs 1688
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25175 vs 14879
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 5.1 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 91
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3617 vs 1688
PassMark - CPU mark 25175 vs 14879

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658A 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 Z1 Extreme
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3617
1688
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
25175
14879
Name AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 3617 1688
PassMark - CPU mark 25175 14879
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6155
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2959
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 20447

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3

Essentials

Launch date May 2023 Q1'15
Place in performance rating 526 504
Architecture codename Haswell
Processor Number E5-2658AV3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched
Vertical segment Embedded

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 2.20 GHz
Die size 178 mm²
L1 cache 64K (per core)
L2 cache 1MB (per core)
L3 cache 16MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 91
Maximum frequency 5.1 GHz 2.90 GHz
Number of cores 8 12
Number of threads 16 24
Transistor count 25,000 million
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
Supported memory types DDR5-5600 MHz, Dual-channel DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 9-30 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Sockets supported FP8 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 4, 20 Lanes, (CPU only) x4, x8, x16
Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
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)