AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Xeon E3-1285 v4

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Intel Xeon E3-1285 v4
Intel Socket 1150SERVER
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2015
Intel Xeon E3-1285 v4

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E3-1285 v4

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X.
Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Xeon E3-1285 v4

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E3-1285 v4

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Xeon E3-1285 v4
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
ECC
HTT
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
x8 SDDC
vPro

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Xeon E3-1285 v4
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_Broadwell
MarketDesktopvsServer
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZenvsBroadwell-H
Release DateJun 2017vsJun 2015

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Xeon E3-1285 v4
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel Iris Pro P6300

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Xeon E3-1285 v4
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Xeon E3-1285 v4
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size192mm²vs160mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Xeon E3-1285 v4
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3500 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    3850 points
  • Intel Xeon E3-1285 v4
    4256 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    17177 points
  • Intel Xeon E3-1285 v4
    18816 points

Points - higher is better