Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U vs Xeon E5-1660 v3
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U outperforms Xeon E5-1660 v3 by a substantial 36% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5-1660 v3 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 946 | 730 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | 5.31 | 67.32 |
| Architecture codename | Haswell-EP (2014−2015) | Cezanne-U PRO (Zen 3) (2021) |
| Release date | 8 September 2014 (10 years ago) | 16 March 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5-1660 v3 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 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) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | 0 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 19 |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 20 MB (shared) | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 356 mm2 | 180 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 66 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 2,600 million | 10,700 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-1660 v3 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 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 7 PRO 5850U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | PRO, 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 7 PRO 5850U 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 7 PRO 5850U 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 7 PRO 5850U. 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 | no data |
| 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 RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1660 v3 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 40 | 8 |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 7.86 | 10.67 |
| Recency | 8 September 2014 | 16 March 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 140 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U has a 35.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 214.3% more advanced lithography process, and 833.3% lower power consumption.
The Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-1660 v3 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon E5-1660 v3 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-1660 v3 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
Similar processor comparisons
We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.
