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    AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3400 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    Intel Xeon E5-2690
    Intel Socket 2011SERVER
    2900 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2012
    Intel Xeon E5-2690

    Summary

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    70 watts lower power draw.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

    Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2690

    None
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Xeon E5-2690
    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
    Hyper-Threading
    AES-NI
    8.0GT/s QPI

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Xeon E5-2690
    ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsIntel_SandyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsServer
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameZenvsSandy Bridge-EP
    Release DateMar 2018vsMar 2012

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Xeon E5-2690
    Cores6vs8
    Threads12vs16
    SMPs1vs2
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Xeon E5-2690
    L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs20480 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Xeon E5-2690
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2011
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
    Die Size192mm²vs435mm²
    Process14 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Xeon E5-2690
    Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs2900 MHz
    Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs3800 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvs1.35 V
    TDP65 Wvs135 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      4290 points
    • Intel Xeon E5-2690
      3800 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      27376 points
    • Intel Xeon E5-2690
      27840 points

    Points - higher is better

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