Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2 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, 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).

Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2

9 more cores, run more applications at once: 15 vs 6
18 more threads: 30 vs 12
2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25055 vs 11240

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	15 vs 6
Number of threads	30 vs 12
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	25055 vs 11240

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Around 23% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 77°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 155 Watt
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1884 vs 1790

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 77°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 155 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1884 vs 1790

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1790

1884

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

25055

11240

Name	Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600
PassMark - Single thread mark	1790	1884
PassMark - CPU mark	25055	11240
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)

	Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge	Zen
Launch date	Q1'14	29 June 2017
Place in performance rating	1049	1185
Processor Number	E7-4890V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v2 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	2.80 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	77°C	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	15	6
Number of QPI Links	3
Number of threads	30	12
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	85 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR3 1066/1333/1600	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Package Size	52mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	155 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	32
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0 x16
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	S4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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™)