Ryzen 5 2600E vs Xeon E5-2660 v3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Ryzen 5 2600E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking920not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency7.44no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)10 September 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2660 v3 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads2012
Base clock speed2.6 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4 GHz
Bus rate9.6 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data31
L1 cache64K (per core)576 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)3 MB
L3 cache25 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm12 nm
Die size356 mm2213 mm2
Maximum core temperature79 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,600 million4800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2660 v3 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 configuration21 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011AM4
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 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 Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2660 v3 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
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 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 E5-2660 v3 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 size768 GB64 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/s46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Ryzen 5 2600E.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4020

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 10 September 2018
Physical cores 10 6
Threads 20 12
Chip lithography 22 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 45 Watt

Xeon E5-2660 v3 has 66.7% more physical cores and 66.7% more threads.

Ryzen 5 2600E, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 83.3% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Ryzen 5 2600E. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2660 v3 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 2600E is a desktop one.


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