AMD Ryzen 9 4900H vs Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 18 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6178 points

6700 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7994 points

53% significantly better gaming score

5199 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5575 points

7270 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5413 points

7597 points

40% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

147.71 points

219.38 points

48% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

125% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

125% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

43% significantly higher clock speed

2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

222% significantly lower TDP

145 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

241st of 1,089

210th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 March

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 9 4900H vs Xeon E5-2699 v3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 4900H is faster than the Xeon E5-2699 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2699 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2699 v3 has significantly more cores with 18 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 4900H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 4900H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 4900H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2699 v3. Also, the Ryzen 9 4900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 4900H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2699 v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 4900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.