AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 vs Intel Xeon E5-2650

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Intel Xeon E5-2650 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).

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

Intel Xeon E5-2650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 32% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 23% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 77.4°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2134 vs 1246
2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 942 vs 471
Around 8% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3794 vs 3527

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2017 vs March 2012
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 77.4°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2134 vs 1246
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	942 vs 471
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3794 vs 3527

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2650

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 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12872 vs 9106

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	12872 vs 9106

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2650

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2134

1246

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9106

12872

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

942

471

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

3794

3527

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500	Intel Xeon E5-2650
PassMark - Single thread mark	2134	1246
PassMark - CPU mark	9106	12872
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	942	471
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3794	3527
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 E5-2650
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Sandy Bridge EP
Family	AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Launch date	29 June 2017	March 2012
OPN Tray	YD150BBBM4GAE
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1951	1957
Series	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment	Desktop	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$91
Price now		$130.43
Processor Number		E5-2650
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		22.91
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	2.00 GHz
Die size	192 mm	435 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	77.4°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	2.80 GHz
Number of cores	4	8
Number of threads	8	16
Transistor count	4800 million	2270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.60V-1.35V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 45.0mm
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0 x16	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
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
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)