Ryzen 5 PRO 230 vs Xeon E5-2699 v3
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E5-2699 v3 outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 230 by a minimal 2% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 780 | 793 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c) |
| Power efficiency | 8.40 | no data |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Haswell-EP (2014−2015) | Hawk Point-U (Zen 4) (2023−2025) |
| Release date | 8 September 2014 (11 years ago) | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 230 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 | 3.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| Bus rate | 9.6 GT/s | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 6 MB |
| L3 cache | 45 MB (shared) | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | 356 mm2 | 178 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 77 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 2,600 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 230 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 | no data |
| Socket | FCLGA2011 | FP7/FP7r2/FP8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 145 Watt | 6 MB + 16 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 230. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | Ryzen AI, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| PAE | 46 Bit | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 230 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 230 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 230. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133 | DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 4 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 68 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon 760M ( - 2600 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Ryzen 5 PRO 230.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 40 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 11.36 | 11.17 |
| Recency | 8 September 2014 | 6 January 2025 |
| Physical cores | 18 | 6 |
| Threads | 36 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 145 Watt | 6 Watt |
Xeon E5-2699 v3 has a 1.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.
Ryzen 5 PRO 230, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 450% more advanced lithography process, and 2316.7% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 230.
Be aware that Xeon E5-2699 v3 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 230 is a notebook one.
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