AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

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Combined performance score

Xeon E5-2670 v2
7.36
+0.5%

Xeon E5-2670 v2 outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 by 1% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-2670 v2 and Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking871874
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money6.8111.27
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge-EP (2013)Zen (2017−2020)
Release date1 September 2013 (10 years old)29 June 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$927no data
Current price$199 (0.2x MSRP)$164
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 has 65% better value for money than Xeon E5-2670 v2.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-2670 v2 and Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads2012
Base clock speed2.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus supportno data4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache25 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size160 mm2192 mm2
Maximum core temperature82 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2670 v2 and Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 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 configuration21 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011AM4
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2670 v2 and Ryzen 5 PRO 1600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXno data
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no 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
PAE46 Bitno data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2670 v2 and Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 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 E5-2670 v2 and Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno 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 E5-2670 v2 and Ryzen 5 PRO 1600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size768 GB64 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth59.7 GB/s42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2670 v2 and Ryzen 5 PRO 1600.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4020

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 E5-2670 v2 7.36
+0.5%
Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 7.32

Xeon E5-2670 v2 outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 by 1% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon E5-2670 v2 11300
+0.5%
Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 11240

Xeon E5-2670 v2 outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 by 1% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 7.36 7.32
Recency 1 September 2013 29 June 2017
Physical cores 10 6
Threads 20 12
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 65 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2670 v2 and Ryzen 5 PRO 1600. The differences in performance seem too small.


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