Xeon E5-2689A v4 vs Ryzen 5 3550H

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3550H and Xeon E5-2689A v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1245not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Xeon E5
Power efficiency13.22no data
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3550H and Xeon E5-2689A v4 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0QPI
Bus rateno data2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier2134
L1 cache128K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)2 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)20 MB
Chip lithography12 nm14 nm
Die size209.78 mm2246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors4940 Million3200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3550H and Xeon E5-2689A v4 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFP5no data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Xeon E5-2689A v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHAno data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3550H and Xeon E5-2689A v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Xeon E5-2689A v4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Xeon E5-2689A v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4no data
Maximum memory size64 GB1,536 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.4 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Xeon E5-2689A v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1240

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 January 2019 20 June 2016
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 8 16
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 145 Watt

Ryzen 5 3550H has an age advantage of 2 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 314.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2689A v4, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 3550H and Xeon E5-2689A v4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 3550H is a notebook processor while Xeon E5-2689A v4 is a server/workstation one.


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