Xeon E5-2689A v4 vs Ryzen 5 2600

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking916not rated
Place by popularity21not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation10.15no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Xeon E5
Power efficiency12.08no data
Architecture codenamePinnacle Riege (Zen+) (2018)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date19 April 2018 (6 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed3.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier3434
L1 cache96K (per core)no data
L2 cache3 MB2 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)20 MB
Chip lithography12 nm14 nm
Die size192 mm2246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Number of transistors4,800 million3200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketAM4no data
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon E5-2689A v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon E5-2689A v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4no data
Maximum memory size128 GB1,536 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon E5-2689A v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes2040

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 April 2018 20 June 2016
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 145 Watt

Ryzen 5 2600 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 123.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2689A v4, on the other hand, has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon E5-2689A v4. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 2600 is a desktop processor while Xeon E5-2689A v4 is a server/workstation one.


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