Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3450U

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3 and AMD Ryzen 5 3450U 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

AMD Ryzen 5 3450U

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8447 vs 6745

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	8447 vs 6745

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3450U

Around 17% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 21% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 87.025°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 22 nm
5.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 85 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1910 vs 1754

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105 °C vs 87.025°C
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 85 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1910 vs 1754

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 3450U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1754

1910

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8447

6745

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1754	1910
PassMark - CPU mark	8447	6745

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Zen 2
Launch date	Q3'14	Q2'2020
Place in performance rating	1350	1275
Processor Number	E5-2628 V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
OPN Tray		YM3450C4T4MFG
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.50 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	12 nm
Maximum core temperature	87.025°C	105 °C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.5 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	8	8
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
L1 cache		384 KB
L2 cache		2 MB
L3 cache		4 MB
Number of GPU cores		8
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR4-2400
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		12-35 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	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
AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
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 base frequency		1200 MHz
Processor graphics		Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12