Ryzen 3 5125C vs Xeon E5-1603 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1603 v3 and Ryzen 3 5125C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1675	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	1.88	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)	Barcelo (Zen 3) (2022−2023)
Release date	8 September 2014 (10 years ago)	5 May 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1603 v3 and Ryzen 3 5125C 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	3 GHz
Bus rate	0 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	10 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm
Die size	356 mm2	180 mm2
Maximum core temperature	67 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	2,600 million	10,700 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	0.65–1.3V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1603 v3 and Ryzen 3 5125C 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	1
Socket	FCLGA2011-3	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1603 v3 and Ryzen 3 5125C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1603 v3 and Ryzen 3 5125C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1603 v3 and Ryzen 3 5125C are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1603 v3 and Ryzen 3 5125C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	768 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	59 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1603 v3 and Ryzen 3 5125C.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	8

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 September 2014	5 May 2022
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	15 Watt

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