Ryzen 5 2500U vs Xeon E3-1535M v5

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E3-1535M v5
2015
4 cores / 8 threads, 45 Watt
4.72
+14.8%
Ryzen 5 2500U
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.11

Xeon E3-1535M v5 outperforms Ryzen 5 2500U by a moderate 15% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1535M v5 and Ryzen 5 2500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking12711403
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.47no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon E3AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency9.9325.95
Architecture codenameSkylake-H (2015−2016)Raven Ridge (2017−2018)
Release date27 October 2015 (9 years ago)26 October 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$623no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1535M v5 and Ryzen 5 2500U 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed2.9 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier2920
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size122 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,300 million4950 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1535M v5 and Ryzen 5 2500U 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)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1440FP5
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1535M v5 and Ryzen 5 2500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPP+-
Smart Response+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1535M v5 and Ryzen 5 2500U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1535M v5 and Ryzen 5 2500U 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 E3-1535M v5 and Ryzen 5 2500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics P530AMD Radeon Vega 8
Max video memory1.7 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1535M v5 and Ryzen 5 2500U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
DVI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1535M v5 and Ryzen 5 2500U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1535M v5 and Ryzen 5 2500U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1535M v5 and Ryzen 5 2500U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1612

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 E3-1535M v5 4.72
+14.8%
Ryzen 5 2500U 4.11

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.

Xeon E3-1535M v5 7504
+14.8%
Ryzen 5 2500U 6535

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.

Xeon E3-1535M v5 1285
+58.4%
Ryzen 5 2500U 811

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.

Xeon E3-1535M v5 3737
+57.3%
Ryzen 5 2500U 2375

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.

Xeon E3-1535M v5 5773
+30.9%
Ryzen 5 2500U 4411

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.

Xeon E3-1535M v5 22322
+42.3%
Ryzen 5 2500U 15684

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.

Xeon E3-1535M v5 7221
+49.6%
Ryzen 5 2500U 4828

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.

Xeon E3-1535M v5 10.37
Ryzen 5 2500U 10.23
+1.4%

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.

Xeon E3-1535M v5 8
+22.9%
Ryzen 5 2500U 7

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Xeon E3-1535M v5 746
+22.4%
Ryzen 5 2500U 609

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.

Xeon E3-1535M v5 160
+16.4%
Ryzen 5 2500U 137

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.

Xeon E3-1535M v5 1.83
+15.1%
Ryzen 5 2500U 1.59

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.

Xeon E3-1535M v5 4
+21.2%
Ryzen 5 2500U 3.3

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.

Xeon E3-1535M v5 4318
+78%
Ryzen 5 2500U 2426

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.  

Xeon E3-1535M v5 46
+33.6%
Ryzen 5 2500U 35

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.  

Xeon E3-1535M v5 172
+42.1%
Ryzen 5 2500U 121

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Xeon E3-1535M v5 13894
+22.9%
Ryzen 5 2500U 11301

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Xeon E3-1535M v5 3910
+15.6%
Ryzen 5 2500U 3383

Geekbench 2

Xeon E3-1535M v5 12521
+17.9%
Ryzen 5 2500U 10616

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.72 4.11
Integrated graphics card 2.79 4.51
Recency 27 October 2015 26 October 2017
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon E3-1535M v5 has a 14.8% higher aggregate performance score.

Ryzen 5 2500U, on the other hand, has 61.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, and 200% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E3-1535M v5 is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 2500U in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1535M v5 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 2500U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E3-1535M v5 and Ryzen 5 2500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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