Ryzen 5 5500U vs Xeon E5-1660 v3

Place in the ranking	943	917
Place by popularity	not in top-100	14
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	5.31	51.64
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)	Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date	8 September 2014 (10 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1660 v3 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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	8 (Octa-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	16	12
Base clock speed	3 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	4 GHz
Bus rate	0 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	21
L1 cache	64K (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	3 MB
L3 cache	20 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm
Die size	356 mm²	156 mm²
Maximum core temperature	66 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	2,600 million	9,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1660 v3 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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	1
Socket	FCLGA2011	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1660 v3 and Ryzen 5 5500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	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 Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1660 v3 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 E5-1660 v3 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 E5-1660 v3 and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR4
Maximum memory size	768 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1660 v3 and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	12

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 E5-1660 v3 7.89

Ryzen 5 5500U 8.22
+4.2%

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 E5-1660 v3 12488

Ryzen 5 5500U 13015
+4.2%

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 E5-1660 v3 1318
+2.5%

Ryzen 5 5500U 1286

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 E5-1660 v3 7169
+58.3%

Ryzen 5 5500U 4530

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.89	8.22
Recency	8 September 2014	12 January 2021
Physical cores	8	6
Threads	16	12
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	15 Watt

Xeon E5-1660 v3 has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

Ryzen 5 5500U, on the other hand, has a 4.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 214.3% more advanced lithography process, and 833.3% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon E5-1660 v3 and Ryzen 5 5500U.

Be aware that Xeon E5-1660 v3 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-1660 v3 and Ryzen 5 5500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.