Xeon E5-2699A v4 vs Ryzen 5 2600H
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E5-2699A v4 outperforms Ryzen 5 2600H by a whopping 234% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1444 | 512 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.72 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | Intel Xeon E5 |
| Power efficiency | 4.29 | 4.44 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Raven Ridge (2017−2019) | Broadwell-EP (2016) |
| Release date | 10 September 2018 (7 years ago) | 25 October 2016 (9 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $4,938 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 2600H and Xeon E5-2699A 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 22 (Docosa-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 44 |
| Base clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | QPI |
| Bus rate | no data | 2 × 9.6 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 32 | 24 |
| L1 cache | 96 KB (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 256 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 55 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 210 mm2 | 456.12 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 70 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4,950 million | 7,200 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 2600H and Xeon E5-2699A 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 2 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FP5 | FCLGA2011 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 145 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2600H and Xeon E5-2699A v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | - |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | + |
| PAE | no data | 46 Bit |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Security technologies
Ryzen 5 2600H and Xeon E5-2699A v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2600H and Xeon E5-2699A v4 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2600H and Xeon E5-2699A v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 1.5 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 51.196 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1100 MHz) | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2600H and Xeon E5-2699A v4.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 40 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.54 | 15.17 |
| Recency | 10 September 2018 | 25 October 2016 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 22 |
| Threads | 8 | 44 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 145 Watt |
Ryzen 5 2600H has an age advantage of 1 year, and 222.2% lower power consumption.
Xeon E5-2699A v4, on the other hand, has a 234.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 450% more physical cores and 450% more threads.
The Intel Xeon E5-2699A v4 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen 5 2600H in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 5 2600H is a notebook processor while Xeon E5-2699A v4 is a server/workstation one.
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