AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 vs Intel Xeon L5609

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Intel Xeon L5609 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 L5609

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 99% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
Around 51% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 63.1°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2134 vs 1160
2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9106 vs 3298

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2017 vs March 2010
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 63.1°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB vs 12288 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2134 vs 1160
PassMark - CPU mark	9106 vs 3298

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon L5609

Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 65 Watt

Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500
CPU 2: Intel Xeon L5609

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2134

1160

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9106

3298

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500	Intel Xeon L5609
PassMark - Single thread mark	2134	1160
PassMark - CPU mark	9106	3298
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 L5609
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Westmere EP
Family	AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Launch date	29 June 2017	March 2010
OPN Tray	YD150BBBM4GAE
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1951	1948
Series	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop Processors	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment	Desktop	Server
Processor Number		L5609
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	1.86 GHz
Die size	192 mm	239 mm
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	63.1°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	1.86 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	8	4
Transistor count	4800 million	1170 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		4.8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.750V-1.350V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	3
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3 800/1066
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		288 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	40 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		42.5mm x 45mm
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0 x16
Security & Reliability
Secure Boot
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		40-bit
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)