Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 vs Xeon E5-2650 v2

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	968	1022
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	1.36	3.18
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	AMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge-EP (2013)	Zen (2017−2020)
Release date	1 September 2013 (10 years ago)	29 June 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$650	no data
Current price	$54 (0.1x MSRP)	$399

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has 134% better value for money than Xeon E5-2650 v2.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	16	8
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	20 MB (shared)	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	160 mm2	192 mm2
Maximum core temperature	75 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 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	2	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	768 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Ryzen 5 PRO 1500.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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 E5-2650 v2 outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 by 8% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	6.39	5.89
Recency	1 September 2013	29 June 2017
Physical cores	8	4
Threads	16	8
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	65 Watt

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