AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Around 24% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Around 18% higher maximum core temperature: 90 °C vs 76°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 90 Watt
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3058 vs 1858

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Maximum core temperature	90 °C vs 76°C
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 90 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3058 vs 1858

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 6
8 more threads: 20 vs 12
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 20810 vs 19346

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 6
Number of threads	20 vs 12
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	20810 vs 19346

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 5500
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3058

1858

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

19346

20810

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 5500	Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	3058	1858
PassMark - CPU mark	19346	20810
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	5422
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		695
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5464

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 5500	Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3	Broadwell
Launch date	4 Apr 2022	Q1'16
OPN Tray	100-000000457
Place in performance rating	777	1457
Vertical segment	Desktop	Server
Processor Number		E5-2640V4
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.6 GHz	2.40 GHz
Die size	180 mm²
L1 cache	384 KB
L2 cache	3 MB
L3 cache	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	76°C
Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz	3.40 GHz
Number of cores	6	10
Number of threads	12	20
Transistor count	10700 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory bandwidth		68.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1.5 TB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	90 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		45mm x 52.5mm
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
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)