AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3
We compared the desktop AMD Ryzen 5 1600 with 6 cores 3.2GHz and the server Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3 with 10 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 2133)
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.9GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)
Lower TDP (65W vs 135W)
Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3 's Advantages
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 16MB)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
+9%
1144
Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3
1046
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
5129
Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3
+20%
6173
Blender
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
115
Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3
+29%
149
General Parameters
Apr 2017
Release Date
Nov 2014
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Server
x86-64
Instruction Set
-
Zen
Core Architecture
Haswell-EP
AM4
Socket
Intel Socket 2011-3
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
-
Generation
Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)
Package
4.8 billions
Transistor Count
2.6 billions
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
22 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
135 W
95 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
-
-
Foundry
Intel
-
Die Size
356 mm²
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
-
12
Performance Core Threads
-
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.9 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
6
Total Core Count
10
12
Total Thread Count
20
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
32x
Multiplier
29.0
96 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
512 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2666
Memory Types
DDR4-2133,DDR3-2133
64 GB
Max Memory Size
-
2
Max Memory Channels
4
39.74 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
