Ryzen 5 4600H vs Xeon E5-2696 V3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Ryzen 5 4600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	466	759
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	46.22	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014)	Renoir-H (Zen 2)
Release date	8 September 2014 (9 years ago)	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Current price	$122	$909

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Ryzen 5 4600H 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	18 (Octadeca-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	36	12
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	4 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	3 MB
L3 cache	45 MB (shared)	8 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm
Die size	356 mm2	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	77 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2,600 million	9800 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Ryzen 5 4600H 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
Socket	2011-3	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	145 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Ryzen 5 4600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, 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	no data	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Ryzen 5 4600H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Ryzen 5 4600H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Ryzen 5 4600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR42133 MHz Quad-channel	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	68.27 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Ryzen 5 4600H.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

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 E5-2696 V3 outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 54% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	14.40	9.33
Recency	8 September 2014	7 January 2020
Physical cores	18	6
Threads	36	12
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	145 Watt	45 Watt

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