Intel Xeon W-1270E vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon W-1270E and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-1270E

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.9 GHz vs 4.80 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 80 Watt
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3285 vs 2990
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23581 vs 18635
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.9 GHz vs 4.80 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3285 vs 2990
PassMark - CPU mark 23581 vs 18635

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon W-1270E
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2990
3285
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
18635
23581
Name Intel Xeon W-1270E AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
PassMark - Single thread mark 2990 3285
PassMark - CPU mark 18635 23581
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6900

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon W-1270E AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

Essentials

Architecture codename Comet Lake Zen 3+
Launch date Q2'20 Jan 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $404
Place in performance rating 606 611
Processor Number W-1270E
Series Intel Xeon W Processor
Vertical segment Embedded Mobile

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.40 GHz 3.3 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
L3 cache 16 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 6 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 95 °C
Maximum frequency 4.80 GHz 4.9 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 16
Die size 208 mm²
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 45.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2933 DDR5-4800
ECC memory support

Graphics

Device ID 0x9BC6
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
Graphics max frequency 2400 MHz

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
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1200 FP7
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 35 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2015W

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16 20
PCI Express revision 3.0 4.0
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
AMD StoreMI technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)

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™)