Ryzen 5 5600 vs Xeon E5-2689A v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2689A v4 and Ryzen 5 5600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated491
Place by popularitynot in top-10016
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data46.72
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Vermeer (2020−2022)
Release date20 June 2016 (7 years ago)20 April 2022 (2 years ago)
Current priceno data$233

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2689A v4 and Ryzen 5 5600 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1612
Base clock speedno data3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus support2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache20 MB32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die size246.24 mm281 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistors3200 Million4,150 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2689A v4 and Ryzen 5 5600 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)1
Socketno dataAM4
Power consumption (TDP)145 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2689A v4 and Ryzen 5 5600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
TSX+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2689A v4 and Ryzen 5 5600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2689A v4 and Ryzen 5 5600 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2689A v4 and Ryzen 5 5600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-3200
Maximum memory size1,536 GBno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2689A v4 and Ryzen 5 5600.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4020

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 20 April 2022
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 145 Watt 65 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2689A v4 and Ryzen 5 5600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2689A v4 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 5600 is a desktop one.


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