Xeon Platinum 8481C vs Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U outperforms Xeon Platinum 8481C by a minimal 3% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1184 | 1200 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 48.96 | 2.03 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Renoir-U PRO (Zen 2) (2020) | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 7 May 2020 (5 years ago) | 10 January 2023 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U and Xeon Platinum 8481C 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 cores | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 56 (Hexapentaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 12 | 112 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Multiplier | 21 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 105 MB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 10 nm |
| Die size | 156 mm2 | 4x 477 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 79 °C |
| Number of transistors | 9,800 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U and Xeon Platinum 8481C 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 configuration | 1 | 2 |
| Socket | FP6 | 4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 350 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U and Xeon Platinum 8481C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | PRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
Security technologies
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U and Xeon Platinum 8481C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U and Xeon Platinum 8481C are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U and Xeon Platinum 8481C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 4 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 68.27 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz) | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U and Xeon Platinum 8481C.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 80 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 6.85 | 6.62 |
| Recency | 7 May 2020 | 10 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 56 |
| Threads | 12 | 112 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 350 Watt |
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U has a 3.5% higher aggregate performance score, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 2233.3% lower power consumption.
Xeon Platinum 8481C, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 833.3% more physical cores and 833.3% more threads.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U and Intel Xeon Platinum 8481C.
Be aware that Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8481C is a server/workstation one.
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