Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
16 more threads: 24 vs 8
3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21856 vs 6637
4.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 3093 vs 704
9.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 22657 vs 2503

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 4
Number of threads	24 vs 8
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	21856 vs 6637
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	3093 vs 704
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	22657 vs 2503

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

Around 24% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 86.95
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 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1793 vs 1576

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 86.95
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1793 vs 1576

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1576

1793

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

21856

6637

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

3093

704

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

22657

2503

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1576	1793
PassMark - CPU mark	21856	6637
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	3093	704
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	22657	2503
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		25.516
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		376.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		30.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		101.686
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1569
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		5962
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1569
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		5962

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Zen
Launch date	Q3'14	10 January 2018
Place in performance rating	375	800
Processor Number	E5-2658V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Family		AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray		YM250BC4T4MFB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	86.95	95°C
Maximum frequency	2.90 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	12	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	24	8
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
Die size		246 mm
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	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866/2133	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		12-25 Watt
Thermal Solution		Not included
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
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Graphics
Graphics max frequency		1100 MHz
iGPU core count		8
Processor graphics		Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI