Ryzen 5 4600H vs Xeon E5-2697 v2

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Aggregated performance score

Xeon E5-2697 v2
2013
12 cores / 24 threads
9.24

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms Xeon E5-2697 v2 by a minimal 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Ryzen 5 4600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking761749
Place by popularitynot in top-10068
Cost-effectiveness evaluation21.85no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon (Desktop)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge-EP (2013)Renoir-H (Zen 2)
Release date1 September 2013 (10 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,723no data
Current price$73 (0x MSRP)$909

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2697 v2 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads2412
Base clock speed2.7 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4 GHz
Bus support8GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache30 MB (shared)11 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm7 nm
Die size160 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature86 °C105 °C
Number of transistors1,400 million9800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2697 v2 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 configuration21
SocketFCLGA2011FP6
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Ryzen 5 4600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXDDR4-3200/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++
FMAno data+
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 E5-2697 v2 and Ryzen 5 4600H 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 E5-2697 v2 and Ryzen 5 4600H 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 E5-2697 v2 and Ryzen 5 4600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GB64 GB
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth59.7 GB/s68.27 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Ryzen 5 4600H.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes40no 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.


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 E5-2697 v2 9.24
Ryzen 5 4600H 9.34
+1.1%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms Xeon E5-2697 v2 by 1% based on our aggregated 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 E5-2697 v2 14298
Ryzen 5 4600H 14446
+1%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms Xeon E5-2697 v2 by 1% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 554
Ryzen 5 4600H 1355
+145%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms Xeon E5-2697 v2 by 145% in GeekBench 5 Single-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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 4289
Ryzen 5 4600H 5041
+17.5%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms Xeon E5-2697 v2 by 18% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 4173
Ryzen 5 4600H 5365
+28.6%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms Xeon E5-2697 v2 by 29% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 34776
+6.2%
Ryzen 5 4600H 32756

Xeon E5-2697 v2 outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 6% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 18
+8.3%
Ryzen 5 4600H 16

Xeon E5-2697 v2 outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 8% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 1550
+8.8%
Ryzen 5 4600H 1425

Xeon E5-2697 v2 outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 9% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 105
Ryzen 5 4600H 176
+67.6%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms Xeon E5-2697 v2 by 68% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 1.25
Ryzen 5 4600H 2.04
+63.2%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms Xeon E5-2697 v2 by 63% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 8.7
+74%
Ryzen 5 4600H 5

Xeon E5-2697 v2 outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 74% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 7269
+66%
Ryzen 5 4600H 4380

Xeon E5-2697 v2 outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 66% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 165
Ryzen 5 4600H 197
+19.5%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms Xeon E5-2697 v2 by 20% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E5-2697 v2 85
+2.8%
Ryzen 5 4600H 83

Xeon E5-2697 v2 outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 3% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.24 9.34
Recency 1 September 2013 6 January 2020
Physical cores 12 6
Threads 24 12
Chip lithography 22 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 54 Watt

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Ryzen 5 4600H.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2697 v2 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 4600H is a notebook one.


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