Xeon Gold 6530 vs Ryzen 5 2600E

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2600E and Xeon Gold 6530 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated60
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data55.96
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiencyno data14.46
Architecture codenameZen+ (2018−2019)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date10 September 2018 (6 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,128

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2600E and Xeon Gold 6530 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)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads1264
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier31no data
L1 cache576 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache3 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)160 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size213 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistors4800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2600E and Xeon Gold 6530 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
SocketAM4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2600E and Xeon Gold 6530. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 2600E and Xeon Gold 6530 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2600E and Xeon Gold 6530 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 2600E and Xeon Gold 6530. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR5 @ 4800 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size64 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2600E and Xeon Gold 6530.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes2080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2018 14 December 2023
Physical cores 6 32
Threads 12 64
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 270 Watt

Ryzen 5 2600E has 500% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6530, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and 433.3% more physical cores and 433.3% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 2600E and Xeon Gold 6530. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 2600E is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6530 is a server/workstation one.


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