Ryzen 5 5600H vs Xeon E7-2860

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-2860 and Ryzen 5 5600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated727
Place by popularitynot in top-10046
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon E7AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiencyno data22.47
Architecture codenameWestmere (2010−2011)Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (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 5600H 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 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.67 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplier1733
L1 cache640 KB384 KB
L2 cache2.56 MB3 MB
L3 cache24 MB16 MB
Chip lithography32 nm7 nm
Die size513 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature69 °Cno data
Number of transistors2600 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-2860 and Ryzen 5 5600H 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)no data
SocketLGA1567FP6
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-2860 and Ryzen 5 5600H. 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 5600H 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 5600H 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 5600H. 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 TBno data
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

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 45 Watt

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

Ryzen 5 5600H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 357.1% more advanced lithography process, and 188.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E7-2860 and Ryzen 5 5600H. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E7-2860 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 5600H is a notebook one.


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