Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 and AMD Ryzen 5 3550H processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 4
12 more threads: 20 vs 8

Number of cores	10 vs 4
Number of threads	20 vs 8

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

Around 54% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Around 16% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 90.9°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 22 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 70 Watt
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2035 vs 1235
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7797 vs 6774

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 90.9°C
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 70 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2035 vs 1235
PassMark - CPU mark	7797 vs 6774

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1235

2035

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6774

7797

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2	AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
PassMark - Single thread mark	1235	2035
PassMark - CPU mark	6774	7797
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		770
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2828
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		3087

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2	AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EN	Zen+
Launch date	Q1'14	6 January 2019
Place in performance rating	1734	1685
Processor Number	E5-2448LV2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Family		AMD Ryzen Processors
OPN Tray		YM3500C4T4MFG
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.80 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	12 nm
Maximum core temperature	90.9°C	105°C
Maximum frequency	2.40 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	10	4
Number of QPI Links	1
Number of threads	20	8
VID voltage range	0.65-1.30V
Compute Cores		12
L1 cache		384 KB
L2 cache		2 MB
L3 cache		4 MB
Number of GPU cores		8
Transistor count		4500 Million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	3	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size	384 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Package Size	45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1356	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	35 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	24
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	2S Only
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® AVX
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
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Graphics
Graphics max frequency		1200 MHz
iGPU core count		8
Processor graphics		Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12