Xeon E5-2698A V3 vs Ryzen 5 1500X

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon E5-2698A V3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1124not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.20no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency8.34no data
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Haswell-EP (2014−2015)
Release date11 April 2017 (7 years ago)18 November 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$189no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon E5-2698A V3 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads832
Base clock speed3.5 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier35no data
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)40 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm22 nm
Die size192 mm2356 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data88 °C
Number of transistors4,800 million2,600 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon E5-2698A V3 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
SocketAM42011-3
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon E5-2698A V3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon E5-2698A V3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon E5-2698A V3 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon E5-2698A V3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2133
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon E5-2698A V3.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes2040

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 April 2017 18 November 2014
Physical cores 4 16
Threads 8 32
Chip lithography 14 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 165 Watt

Ryzen 5 1500X has an age advantage of 2 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 153.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2698A V3, on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon E5-2698A V3. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 1500X is a desktop processor while Xeon E5-2698A V3 is a server/workstation one.


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