AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS vs Intel Xeon Gold 5215

Last updated: 2023-05-10

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS		Intel Xeon Gold 5215
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS or Intel Xeon Gold 5215 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS was released in Q2/2020. The Intel Xeon Gold 5215 has 10 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5215 was released in Q2/2019.

AMD Ryzen 9 (35)	Family	Intel Xeon Gold (163)
AMD Ryzen 4000H (6)	CPU group	Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)
3	Generation	2
Renoir (Zen 2)	Architecture	Cascade Lake
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (4.30 GHz). The Intel Xeon Gold 5215 has 10 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (3.40 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS	Characteristic	Intel Xeon Gold 5215
8	Cores	10
16	Threads	20
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.00 GHz	Frequency	2.50 GHz
4.30 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.40 GHz
3.90 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	2.50 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS	Characteristic	Intel Xeon Gold 5215
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)	GPU	no iGPU
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.75 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9	GPU Generation	--
7 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
8	Compute units	--
512	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5215 can connect up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS	Characteristic	Intel Xeon Gold 5215
LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR4-2666
64 GB	Max. Memory	1024 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	6 (Hexa Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	128.1 GB/s
Yes	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
8.00 MB	L3 Cache	13.75 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
12	PCIe lanes	48
11.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	47.3 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS has a TDP of 35 W, that of the Intel Xeon Gold 5215 is 85 W.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS	Characteristic	Intel Xeon Gold 5215
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	85 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
54 W	TDP up	--
35 W	TDP down	--
105 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS has a 8.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Gold 5215 cache has a total of 13.75 MB.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS	Characteristic	Intel Xeon Gold 5215
7 nm	Technology	14 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
FP6	Socket	LGA 3647
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2020	Release date	Q2/2019
--	Release price	1221 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS (100%)

Intel Xeon Gold 5215 (80%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS (95%)

Intel Xeon Gold 5215 (91%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	1207 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5215 10C 20T @ 3.40 GHz	964 (80%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	7842 (90%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5215 10C 20T @ 2.50 GHz	8742 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	19255 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5215 10C 20T @ 2.50 GHz	15622 (81%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	1246 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5215 10C 20T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	11006 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5215 10C 20T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	1586 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5215 10C 20T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	7281 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5215 10C 20T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	495 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5215 10C 20T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	4315 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5215 10C 20T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.75 GHz	1792 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5215 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5215 10C 20T @ 2.50 GHz	163 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	208 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5215 10C 20T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	4740 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5215 10C 20T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	200 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5215 10C 20T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	1918 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5215 10C 20T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS	Intel Xeon Gold 5215
Asus Zephyrus G14	Unknown

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