Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U vs Xeon E5-1620 v3

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-1620 v3
2014
4 cores / 8 threads, 140 Watt
4.40
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
7.95
+80.7%

Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U outperforms Xeon E5-1620 v3 by an impressive 81% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1620 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1336940
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency2.9750.16
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Renoir-U PRO (Zen 2) (2020)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)7 May 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1620 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads812
Base clock speed3.5 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Bus rate0 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache10 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm7 nm
Die size356 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature66 °C105 °C
Number of transistors2,600 million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1620 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 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
SocketFCLGA2011FP6
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1620 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2PRO, 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++
FMA-+
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1620 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1620 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 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 E5-1620 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GB64 GB
Max memory channels44
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/s68.27 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1620 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes40no data

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 E5-1620 v3 4.40
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 7.95
+80.7%

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 E5-1620 v3 6993
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 12630
+80.6%

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 E5-1620 v3 1100
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 1314
+19.5%

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 E5-1620 v3 3903
Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 4589
+17.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.40 7.95
Recency 8 September 2014 7 May 2020
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 8 12
Chip lithography 22 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U has a 80.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, a 214.3% more advanced lithography process, and 833.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-1620 v3 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5-1620 v3 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U is a notebook one.


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