AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 vs Intel Xeon E5-4650L

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Intel Xeon E5-4650L 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 1600

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 13% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 77% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1884 vs 1439
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2017 vs May 2012
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 576 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 3 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1884 vs 1439

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4650L

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28193 vs 11240
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 28193 vs 11240

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4650L

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1884
1439
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
11240
28193
Name AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 Intel Xeon E5-4650L
PassMark - Single thread mark 1884 1439
PassMark - CPU mark 11240 28193
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3665
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 16580
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 43.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.893
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 9.469

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 Intel Xeon E5-4650L

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Sandy Bridge EP
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Launch date 29 June 2017 May 2012
OPN Tray YD160BBBM6IAE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1188 1185
Series AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Desktop Server
Launch price (MSRP) $8,685
Price now $8,684.50
Processor Number E5-4650L
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 0.40

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.2 GHz 2.60 GHz
Die size 192 mm 435 mm
L1 cache 576 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 3 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 3.6 GHz 3.10 GHz
Number of cores 6 8
Number of threads 12 16
Transistor count 4800 million 2270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 8 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 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 4
Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 115 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)