AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
Around 33% higher clock speed: 4.8 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
Around 24% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 76.7°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 22 nm
Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 145 Watt
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3470 vs 1927
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 39041 vs 26772

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum frequency	4.8 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 76.7°C
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 145 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3470 vs 1927
PassMark - CPU mark	39041 vs 26772

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 12
4 more threads: 28 vs 24
6x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 128 GB

Number of cores	14 vs 12
Number of threads	28 vs 24
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 128 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3470

1927

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

39041

26772

Name	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	3470	1927
PassMark - CPU mark	39041	26772
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	10106
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		797
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9536

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3	Haswell
Launch date	5 Nov 2020	Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$549
OPN PIB	100-100000061WOF
OPN Tray	100-000000061
Place in performance rating	271	1178
Vertical segment	Desktop	Server
Processor Number		E5-2697V3
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.7 GHz	2.60 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	6 MB
L3 cache	64 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	76.7°C
Maximum frequency	4.8 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	12	14
Number of threads	24	28
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	47.68 GB/s	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	128 GB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	145 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 51mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	40
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4	x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-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)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)