Intel Xeon Gold 6248R vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U

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Intel Xeon Gold 6248R CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 6248R or AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U - 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 Intel Xeon Gold 6248R has 24 cores with 48 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. Up to 1024 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6248R was released in Q1/2020.

The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U was released in Q2/2024.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family AMD Ryzen 5 PRO (28)
Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55) CPU group AMD Ryzen 8040 (20)
2 Generation 7
Cascade Lake Architecture Hawk Point (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640U
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6248R has 24 CPU cores and can calculate 48 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6248R is 3.00 GHz (4.00 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U has 6 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U is at 3.50 GHz (4.90 GHz).

Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U
24 Cores 6
48 Threads 12
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.00 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
4.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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.

Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon Gold 6248R or AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon 760M
GPU frequency 0.80 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 2.60 GHz
-- GPU Generation 10
Technology 4 nm
Max. displays 4
-- Compute units 8
-- Shader 512
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation AMD FSR
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

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.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon 760M
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode / Encode
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 6248R can use up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 140.7 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 120.0 GB/s.

Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U
DDR4-2933 Memory DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500
1024 GB Max. Memory 256 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
140.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 120.0 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 6.00 MB
35.75 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
48 PCIe lanes 20
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Gold 6248R is 150 W, while the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U has a TDP of 28 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U
150 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 28 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 15 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6248R is manufactured in 14 nm and has 35.75 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U is manufactured in 4 nm and has a 22.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U
14 nm Technology 4 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
LGA 3647 Socket FP8
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2020 Release date Q2/2024
2889 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R (61%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U (46%)

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.
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
24C 48T @ 4.00 GHz
1058 (57%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
1869 (100%)

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.
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz
19328 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
8853 (46%)

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.
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
24C 48T @ 4.00 GHz
1503 (64%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
2340 (100%)

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.
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
24C 48T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
1552 (100%)

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.
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
10675 (100%)

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.
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
9197 (100%)

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.
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U
AMD Radeon 760M @ 2.60 GHz
2663 (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.
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz
38612 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U
10,675 CB R23 MC @ 24 W
445 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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