Xeon E7-8890 v3 vs Ryzen 5 1600

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1600 and Xeon E7-8890 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking948not rated
Place by popularity44not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.31no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency11.25no data
Architecture codenameZen 2 (2017−2020)Haswell-EX (2015)
Release date16 March 2017 (7 years ago)1 June 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$219no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1600 and Xeon E7-8890 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads1236
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s9.6 GT/s
Multiplier32no data
L1 cache576 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache3 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)45 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm22 nm
Die size213 mm2160 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data79 °C
Number of transistors4800 Million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1600 and Xeon E7-8890 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)8
SocketAM4FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Xeon E7-8890 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 1600 and Xeon E7-8890 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Xeon E7-8890 v3 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Xeon E7-8890 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB1.5 TB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s85 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Xeon E7-8890 v3.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes2032

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 March 2017 1 June 2015
Physical cores 6 18
Threads 12 36
Chip lithography 14 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 165 Watt

Ryzen 5 1600 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 153.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8890 v3, on the other hand, has 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 1600 and Xeon E7-8890 v3. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 1600 is a desktop processor while Xeon E7-8890 v3 is a server/workstation one.


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