Xeon E5-2693 V3 vs Ryzen 5 5500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon E5-2693 V3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	917	not rated
Place by popularity	14	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)	no data
Power efficiency	51.70	no data
Architecture codename	Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)
Release date	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon E5-2693 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 cores	6 (Hexa-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	12	24
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.4 GHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm	22 nm
Die size	156 mm2	356 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	9,800 million	2,600 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon E5-2693 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 configuration	1	2
Socket	FP6	2011-3
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	160 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon E5-2693 V3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
TSX	-	+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon E5-2693 V3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon E5-2693 V3 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon E5-2693 V3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2133
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Vega 7

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500U and Xeon E5-2693 V3.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	40

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	6	12
Threads	12	24
Chip lithography	7 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	160 Watt

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