Xeon E5-1603 v3 vs Ryzen Z2 Go
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen Z2 Go outperforms Xeon E5-1603 v3 by a whopping 169% 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 | 1130 | 1875 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 10.35 | 0.77 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Rembrandt R (2025) | Haswell-EP (2014−2015) |
| Release date | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) | 8 September 2014 (10 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen Z2 Go and Xeon E5-1603 v3 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.3 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 0 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 10 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | no data | 356 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 67 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 2,600 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.65–1.3V |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen Z2 Go and Xeon E5-1603 v3 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | no data | FCLGA2011-3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 140 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Z2 Go and Xeon E5-1603 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | - |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | + |
| PAE | no data | 46 Bit |
Security technologies
Ryzen Z2 Go and Xeon E5-1603 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Z2 Go and Xeon E5-1603 v3 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Z2 Go and Xeon E5-1603 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 768 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 59 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 680M | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Z2 Go and Xeon E5-1603 v3.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 40 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
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 | 6.89 | 2.56 |
| Recency | 6 January 2025 | 8 September 2014 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 140 Watt |
Ryzen Z2 Go has a 169.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more threads, a 266.7% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen Z2 Go is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon E5-1603 v3 in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen Z2 Go is a notebook processor while Xeon E5-1603 v3 is a server/workstation one.
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