Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

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Combined performance score

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500
5.93
+3.9%

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 outperforms Xeon E5-2630L v3 by 4% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Xeon E5-2630L v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking10071027
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.443.73
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Haswell-EP (2014)
Release date29 June 2017 (6 years old)8 September 2014 (9 years old)
Current price$399 $214
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5-2630L v3 has 8% better value for money than Ryzen 5 PRO 1500.

Technical specs

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Xeon E5-2630L v3 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed3.5 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz2.9 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)20 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm22 nm
Die size192 mm2356 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data60 °C
Number of transistors4,800 million2,600 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Xeon E5-2630L v3 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
SocketAM4FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Xeon E5-2630L v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data+
PAEno data46 Bit
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Xeon E5-2630L v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protectionno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Xeon E5-2630L v3 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Xeon E5-2630L v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866
Maximum memory size64 GB768 GB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s59 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Xeon E5-2630L v3.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes2040

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 5.93
+3.9%
Xeon E5-2630L v3 5.71

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 outperforms Xeon E5-2630L v3 by 4% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 9106
+3.9%
Xeon E5-2630L v3 8765

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 outperforms Xeon E5-2630L v3 by 4% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 911
+5%
Xeon E5-2630L v3 868

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 outperforms Xeon E5-2630L v3 by 5% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 3447
Xeon E5-2630L v3 4461
+29.4%

Xeon E5-2630L v3 outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 by 29% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 5.93 5.71
Recency 29 June 2017 8 September 2014
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 8 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 55 Watt

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and Xeon E5-2630L v3. The differences in performance seem too small.


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