Ryzen 5 2600 vs Xeon E-2176G

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E-2176G
2018
6 cores / 12 threads, 80 Watt
8.70
+2.8%

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by a minimal 3% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E-2176G and Ryzen 5 2600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking804828
Place by popularitynot in top-10024
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.7819.49
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon (Desktop)AMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake-ER (2018)Pinnacle Riege (Zen+)
Release date1 September 2018 (5 years ago)19 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$367$199
Current price$736 (2x MSRP)$147 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 5 2600 has 122% better value for money than Xeon E-2176G.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E-2176G and Ryzen 5 2600 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1212
Base clock speed3.7 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache384 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB3 MB
L3 cache12 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm12 nm
Die size149 mm2192 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
Number of transistorsno data4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E-2176G and Ryzen 5 2600 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1151AM4
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2176G and Ryzen 5 2600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2DDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMAno data+
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
StatusLaunchedno data

Security technologies

Xeon E-2176G and Ryzen 5 2600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+no data
SGXYes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2176G and Ryzen 5 2600 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 Xeon E-2176G and Ryzen 5 2600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth41.6 GB/s46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics P630-
Max video memory128 GB-
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+-
Clear Video HD+-
Graphics max frequency1.2 GHz-
InTru 3D+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E-2176G and Ryzen 5 2600 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3-
eDP+-
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
DVI+-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E-2176G and Ryzen 5 2600 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+-
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@24Hz-
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hz-
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hz-
Max resolution over VGAN/A-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E-2176G and Ryzen 5 2600 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12-
OpenGL4.5-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2176G and Ryzen 5 2600.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1620

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.

Xeon E-2176G 8.70
+2.8%
Ryzen 5 2600 8.46

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 3% based on our aggregated 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%

Xeon E-2176G 13567
+2.8%
Ryzen 5 2600 13199

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 3% 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%

Xeon E-2176G 1578
+36.9%
Ryzen 5 2600 1153

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 37% 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%

Xeon E-2176G 6452
+33%
Ryzen 5 2600 4850

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 33% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Xeon E-2176G 7369
+55.9%
Ryzen 5 2600 4726

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 56% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Xeon E-2176G 39053
+38.6%
Ryzen 5 2600 28173

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 39% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Xeon E-2176G 11719
+26.1%
Ryzen 5 2600 9290

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 26% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Xeon E-2176G 4.52
+21.7%
Ryzen 5 2600 5.5

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Xeon E-2176G by 22% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Xeon E-2176G 15
+6.3%
Ryzen 5 2600 14

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 6% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Xeon E-2176G 1324
+6.1%
Ryzen 5 2600 1248

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 6% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Xeon E-2176G 200
+27.1%
Ryzen 5 2600 157

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 27% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Xeon E-2176G 2.2
+25%
Ryzen 5 2600 1.76

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 25% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E-2176G 8
+6.7%
Ryzen 5 2600 7.5

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 7% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E-2176G 6277
+39%
Ryzen 5 2600 4517

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 39% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E-2176G 83
+11.1%
Ryzen 5 2600 75

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 11% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E-2176G 233
+13.6%
Ryzen 5 2600 205

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 14% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.70 8.46
Recency 1 September 2018 19 April 2018
Cost $367 $199
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 65 Watt

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon E-2176G and Ryzen 5 2600.

Be aware that Xeon E-2176G is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 2600 is a desktop one.


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