Intel Xeon W-1250E vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon W-1250E and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-1250E

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
  • Around 31% higher clock speed: 4.70 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
  • 3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2588 vs 1803
  • Around 83% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12212 vs 6669
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4.70 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95°C
L3 cache 12 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2588 vs 1803
PassMark - CPU mark 12212 vs 6669

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

  • 5.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 80 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 80 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon W-1250E
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2588
1803
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
12212
6669
Name Intel Xeon W-1250E AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
PassMark - Single thread mark 2588 1803
PassMark - CPU mark 12212 6669
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 704
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 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 W-1250E AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

Essentials

Architecture codename Comet Lake Zen
Launch date Q2'20 10 January 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $286
Place in performance rating 857 826
Processor Number W-1250E
Series Intel Xeon W Processor AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
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 3.50 GHz 2 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
L3 cache 12 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 4.70 GHz 3.6 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 12 8
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 2 MB
Number of GPU cores 8
Transistor count 4500 Million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Graphics

Device ID 0x9BE6
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Graphics max frequency 1100 MHz
iGPU core count 8

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1200 FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 15 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2015W Not included
Configurable TDP 12-25 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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™)