AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 vs Intel Xeon E5-4620

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Intel Xeon E5-4620 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 42% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
  • 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
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2140 vs 974
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2017 vs May 2012
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2140 vs 974

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4620

  • 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 26% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11474 vs 9126
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 11474 vs 9126

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4620

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2140
974
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9126
11474
Name AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 Intel Xeon E5-4620
PassMark - Single thread mark 2140 974
PassMark - CPU mark 9126 11474
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 E5-4620

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Sandy Bridge EP
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 2019 1946
Series AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Desktop Server
Launch price (MSRP) $400
Price now $189
Processor Number E5-4620
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 12.66

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.5 GHz 2.20 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 16384 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 2.60 GHz
Number of cores 4 8
Number of threads 8 16
Transistor count 4800 million 2270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 7.2 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.6V-1.35V

Memory

Max memory channels 2 4
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3 800/1066/1333
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 42.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 4
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 4S 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)