AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 vs Intel Xeon E5-2450L

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Intel Xeon E5-2450L 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 61% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.30 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 70 Watt
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2141 vs 1035
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2017 vs May 2012
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 2.30 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 70 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2141 vs 1035

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2450L

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11631 vs 9134
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 11631 vs 9134

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2450L

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2141
1035
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9134
11631
Name AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 Intel Xeon E5-2450L
PassMark - Single thread mark 2141 1035
PassMark - CPU mark 9134 11631
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 942
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 31.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.777

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 Intel Xeon E5-2450L

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Sandy Bridge EN
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Launch date 29 June 2017 May 2012
OPN Tray YD150BBBM4GAE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 2023 1949
Series AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Desktop Server
Launch price (MSRP) $72
Price now $130
Processor Number E5-2450L
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 18.72

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.5 GHz 1.80 GHz
Die size 192 mm 294 mm
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 2.30 GHz
Number of cores 4 8
Number of threads 8 16
Transistor count 4800 million 1270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 1
VID voltage range 0.60V-1.35V

Memory

Max memory channels 2 3
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 70 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 x16 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 24
Scalability 2S Only

Security & Reliability

Secure Boot
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
TSM Encryption
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)