Xeon Phi 7290 vs Ryzen 5 1600

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1600 and Xeon Phi 7290 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking943not rated
Place by popularity48not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.76no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency11.25no data
Architecture codenameZen 2 (2017−2020)Knights Landing (2016)
Release date16 March 2017 (7 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 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 Phi 7290 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)72 (Doheptaconta-Core)
Threads12288
Base clock speed3.2 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier32no data
L1 cache576 KB32 KB (per core)
L2 cache3 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)0 KB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size213 mm2no data
Number of transistors4800 Million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1600 and Xeon Phi 7290 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)1
SocketAM43647
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt245 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Xeon Phi 7290. 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+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 1600 and Xeon Phi 7290 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Xeon Phi 7290 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 1600 and Xeon Phi 7290. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
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 1600 and Xeon Phi 7290.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes20no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 March 2017 20 June 2016
Physical cores 6 72
Threads 12 288
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 245 Watt

Ryzen 5 1600 has an age advantage of 8 months, and 276.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Phi 7290, on the other hand, has 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 1600 and Xeon Phi 7290. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 1600 is a desktop processor while Xeon Phi 7290 is a server/workstation one.


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