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AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2022
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Released
Q1/2016
Overall score
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Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 5500 or Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 6 / 12 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2022.

Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 has a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. 10 Cores. Power consumption of 85 W. Released in Q1/2016.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    319 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 39% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 2.20 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 26% better overclocked clock speed

    4.20 GHz left arrow 3.10 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 85 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    162 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    162 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    114 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    165 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    57 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    177 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    290 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    455 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    254 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    159 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    667 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 1.67 times more cores

    10 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    465 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    224 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    644 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    235 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    927 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    476 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    279 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    96 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    145 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    105 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    401 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Xeon E5
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000G left arrow Intel Xeon E5 v4
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 6
  • Predecessor
    -- left arrow Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Frequency
    3.60 GHz left arrow 2.20 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU frequency
    -- left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    -- left arrow
  • Shader
    -- left arrow
  • Max. displays
    -- left arrow
  • Generation
    -- left arrow
  • Technology
    -- left arrow
  • Release date
    -- left arrow
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4-2133
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 4
  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 85 W
  • TDP down
    45 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L2-Cache
    3.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    16.00 MB left arrow 25.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Cezanne (Zen 3) left arrow Broadwell E
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 2011-3
  • Release date
    Q2/2022 left arrow Q1/2016

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
535
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
293
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading
4086
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
2768
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
221
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
129
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
1714
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1374
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1355
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
696
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
5979
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
5743
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
19607
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
13913
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4

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