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    AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2

    AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2017
    AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2
    Intel Socket 2011SERVER
    3700 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2013
    Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
      106%
    • Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
      136%
    • Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
      100%
    • Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2
      132%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 36% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    65 watts lower power draw.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

    Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 32% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Xeon E5-1660 v2
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SMT
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    TXT
    Intel VT-x
    Intel VT-d
    AES-NI
    F16C
    EPT
    ECC

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Xeon E5-1660 v2
    ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_IvyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsServer
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameZenvsIvy Bridge-E
    Release DateJun 2017vsSep 2013

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Xeon E5-1660 v2
    Cores4vs6
    Threads8vs12
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Xeon E5-1660 v2
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs15360 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Xeon E5-1660 v2
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2011
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvs
    Die Size192mm²vs160mm²
    Process14 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Xeon E5-1660 v2
    Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3700 MHz
    Turbo Clock3500 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs130 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
      3850 points
    • Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2
      3811 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
      17177 points
    • Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2
      27439 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
      152
    • Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 (simulated)
      111

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
      799
    • Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 (simulated)
      1062.04

    points - higher is better

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