Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 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 Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3

  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13108 vs 9106
Specifications (specs)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 13108 vs 9106

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

  • Around 24% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 76.6°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 135 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2134 vs 2041
  • Around 27% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 942 vs 740
  • Around 17% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3794 vs 3248
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 76.6°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 135 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2134 vs 2041
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 942 vs 740
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3794 vs 3248

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2041
2134
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
13108
9106
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
740
942
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
3248
3794
Name Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500
PassMark - Single thread mark 2041 2134
PassMark - CPU mark 13108 9106
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 740 942
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3248 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)

Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Zen
Launch date Q3'14 29 June 2017
Place in performance rating 1447 1949
Processor Number E5-2637V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Desktop
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray YD150BBBM4GAE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.50 GHz 3.5 GHz
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 76.6°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 8 8
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V
Die size 192 mm
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 2 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Transistor count 4800 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 4 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 1600/1866/2133 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0 x16
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
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
AMD SenseMI
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
TSM Encryption

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)