Ryzen 5 5500U vs Xeon E7-2860

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-2860 and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated919
Place by popularitynot in top-10014
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon E7AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiencyno data31.00
Architecture codenameWestmere (2010−2011)Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date5 April 2011 (13 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,670no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-2860 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 speed2.26 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.67 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplier1721
L1 cache640 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2.56 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache24 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm7 nm
Die size513 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature69 °C105 °C
Number of transistors2600 Million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-2860 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketLGA1567FP6
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-2860 and Ryzen 5 5500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2MMX, 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
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-

Security technologies

Xeon E7-2860 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 E7-2860 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 E7-2860 and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066DDR4
Maximum memory size1 TB64 GB
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth34.113 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-2860 and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 April 2011 12 January 2021
Physical cores 10 6
Threads 20 12
Chip lithography 32 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 25 Watt

Xeon E7-2860 has 66.7% more physical cores and 66.7% more threads.

Ryzen 5 5500U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 357.1% more advanced lithography process, and 420% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E7-2860 and Ryzen 5 5500U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E7-2860 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook one.


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