AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF and Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF

Around 24% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
12 more threads: 24 vs 12
24x more maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 64 GB

Number of cores	12 vs 6
Number of threads	24 vs 12
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB vs 64 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	3319
PassMark - Single thread mark		1707
PassMark - CPU mark		22929
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2672
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		8676

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Broadwell
Launch date	Q1'2020	Q1'16
OPN Tray	YD1600BBAFBOX
Place in performance rating	1997	841
Vertical segment	Desktop	Server
Processor Number		E5-2650V4
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	2.20 GHz
L3 cache	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz	2.90 GHz
Number of cores	6	12
Number of threads	12	24
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		80°C
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	39.74 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		45mm x 52.5mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	40
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)