Ryzen 5 5600X vs Xeon E5220

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5220 and Ryzen 5 5600X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated532
Place by popularitynot in top-10017
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data25.26
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data20.06
Architecture codenameno dataVermeer (Zen 3) (2020−2022)
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)8 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5220 and Ryzen 5 5600X 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 coresno data6 (Hexa-Core)
Threadsno data12
Base clock speed2.33 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speedno data4.6 GHz
Multiplierno data37
L1 cacheno data384 KB
L2 cacheno data3 MB
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache32 MB
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die sizeno data2x 80.7 + 125 (I/O) mm2
Maximum core temperature66 °C95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5220 and Ryzen 5 5600X 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 configurationno data1
SocketLGA771AM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5220 and Ryzen 5 5600X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E5220 and Ryzen 5 5600X technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5220 and Ryzen 5 5600X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5220 and Ryzen 5 5600X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5220 and Ryzen 5 5600X.

PCIe versionno data4.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2008 8 October 2020
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm

Ryzen 5 5600X has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5220 and Ryzen 5 5600X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5220 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 5600X is a desktop one.


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