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Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2016
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
Released
Q4/2019
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AMD Ryzen 5 3500
AMD Ryzen 5 3500

What's the best choice Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 or AMD Ryzen 5 3500? Which processor is faster?

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

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

AMD Ryzen 5 3500 has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q4/2019.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    667 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    4 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
AMD Ryzen 5 3500 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    487 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 39% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 2.20 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 24 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.10 GHz left arrow 3.10 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.76 times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 85 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 3500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    202 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    233 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    182 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    278 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    409 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    536 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    63 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    434 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    195 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
AMD Ryzen 5 3500 AMD Ryzen 5 3500
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 E5 left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 3
  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon E5 v4 left arrow AMD Ryzen 3000
  • Predecessor
    Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 left arrow --
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
    2.20 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    10 left arrow 6
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    3.10 GHz left arrow 4.10 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    20 left arrow 6
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow No
  • 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
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
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
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    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 AMD Ryzen 5 3500 and Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2133 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 4.0
  • PCIe lanes
    40 left arrow 20
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4, 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
    25.00 MB left arrow 32.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Broadwell E left arrow Matisse (Zen 2)
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 2011-3 left arrow AM4
  • Release date
    Q1/2016 left arrow Q4/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500.

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
293
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
464
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
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
2768
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
2652
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
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
129
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
188
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
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
1374
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
1129
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
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
696
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
1137
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
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
5743
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
4816
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
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
13913
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
12876
AMD Ryzen 5 3500

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