Ryzen 5 2600E vs Xeon E5-1607 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Ryzen 5 2600E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1585not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon E5AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency2.21no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)19 September 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Ryzen 5 2600E 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate5 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier3831
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache10 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm12 nm
Die size246.24 mm2192 mm2
Maximum core temperature69 °Cno data
Number of transistors3200 Million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Ryzen 5 2600E 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011-3AM4
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Ryzen 5 2600E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Ryzen 5 2600E 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 E5-1607 v4 and Ryzen 5 2600E 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 E5-1607 v4 and Ryzen 5 2600E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size1.5 TB64 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/s46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Ryzen 5 2600E.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4020

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 19 September 2018
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen 5 2600E has an age advantage of 2 years, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 115.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Ryzen 5 2600E. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-1607 v4 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 2600E is a desktop one.


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