Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 E5-2690 v3

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
  • 12 more threads: 24 vs 12
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1924 vs 1884
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 26358 vs 11240
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 6
Number of threads 24 vs 12
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1924 vs 1884
PassMark - CPU mark 26358 vs 11240

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
  • Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 89.9°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
  • 4.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 3665 vs 834
  • Around 95% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 16580 vs 8521
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 89.9°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 135 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3665 vs 834
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 16580 vs 8521

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1924
1884
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
26358
11240
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
834
3665
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
8521
16580
Name Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600
PassMark - Single thread mark 1924 1884
PassMark - CPU mark 26358 11240
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 834 3665
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 8521 16580
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5995
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)

Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Zen
Launch date Q3'14 29 June 2017
Place in performance rating 1183 1190
Processor Number E5-2690V3
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 YD160BBBM6IAE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.60 GHz 3.2 GHz
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 89.9°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz 3.6 GHz
Number of cores 12 6
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 24 12
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V
Die size 192 mm
L1 cache 576 KB
L2 cache 3 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™)