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Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q4/2015
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
Released
Q1/2017
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600
AMD Ryzen 5 1600

What's the best choice Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600? Which processor is faster?

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

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 has a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 80 W. Released in Q4/2015.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q1/2017.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    794 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 3% better clock speed

    3.30 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 3% better overclocked clock speed

    3.70 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    389 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    524 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    634 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    775 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    704 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    53 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    192 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    337 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    259 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    311 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    325 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    675 place
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    512 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 1.5 times more cores

    6 left arrow 4
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.81 times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 80 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 1600 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    330 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    240 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    396 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    244 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    466 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    288 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    653 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    521 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    86 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    108 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    198 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    169 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    76 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    138 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    454 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 5 1600
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Xeon E3 left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • Generation
    5 left arrow 1
  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon E3 v5 left arrow AMD Ryzen 1000
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.

  • Frequency
    3.30 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 6
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    3.70 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
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
    Intel HD Graphics P530 left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU frequency
    0.35 GHz left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    1.20 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    24 left arrow
  • Shader
    192 left arrow
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow
  • Generation
    9 left arrow
  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow
  • Release date
    Q3/2015 left arrow
Hardware codec support

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 1600 and Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2133 left arrow
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow 20
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 and AMD Ryzen 5 1600 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 and Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L3-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 16.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Skylake S left arrow Summit Ridge (Zen)
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 1151 left arrow AM4
  • Release date
    Q4/2015 left arrow Q1/2017

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 and AMD Ryzen 5 1600.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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
155
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
147
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
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
568
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
1094
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
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
908
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
894
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
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
2951
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
4970
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them
616.6
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
313
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS
3944
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
3920
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS
11499
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
20754
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D
1.92
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
1.81
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D
6.19
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
12.09
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
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
7844
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
12277
AMD Ryzen 5 1600

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