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).
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: 2129 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 | 2129 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 42% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12908 vs 9099
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 | 12908 vs 9099 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2650
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Geekbench 4 - Single Core |
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Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core |
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Name | AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 | Intel Xeon E5-2650 |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 2129 | 1246 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 9099 | 12908 |
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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 | 2023 | 2025 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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PCI Express revision | 3.0 x16 | 3.0 |
Max number of PCIe lanes | 40 | |
Scalability | 2S Only | |
Security & Reliability |
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Secure Boot | ||
Execute Disable Bit (EDB) | ||
Intel® Identity Protection technology | ||
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT) | ||
Advanced Technologies |
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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 |
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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) |