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Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500. Specifications, performance, tests

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Q3/2014
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
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2022-04-04
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AMD Ryzen 5 5500

What's the best choice Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 or AMD Ryzen 5 5500? Which processor is faster?

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

Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 has a base frequency of 2.60 GHz. 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 90 W. Released in Q3/2014.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 has a base frequency of 3.6 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2022-04-04.

Differences

  • More number of cores

    2 more cores

    8 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    448 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    229 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    231 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    236 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    716 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    316 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    277 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    128 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    164 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    138 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    261 place
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    140 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 38% better clock speed

    3.6 GHz left arrow 2.60 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 24 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.2 GHz left arrow 3.40 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 90 W

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    121 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    136 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    83 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    142 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    36 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    168 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    187 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    290 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    158 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 AMD Ryzen 5 5500
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon E5 v3 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000G
  • Family
    Intel Xeon E5 left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    5 left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Successor
    Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 left arrow -
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 5000 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    2.6 GHz left arrow 3.6 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 6
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.4 GHz left arrow 4.2 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    3 GHz left arrow -
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 6x
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 4.2 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 None
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow -
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 64 GB
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2133 left arrow DDR4
  • PCIe lanes
    40 left arrow -
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 51.2 GB/s
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 3.0
  • System Memory Specification
    - left arrow 3200
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    - left arrow 90 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    90 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP down
    - left arrow 45 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 65 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Haswell E left arrow Cezanne (Zen 3)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 3 MB
  • L3-Cache
    20 MB left arrow 16 MB
  • Release date
    Q3/2014 left arrow 2022-04-04
  • Socket
    LGA 2011-3 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    22 nm left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Codename
    - left arrow Cezanne
  • Documents
    - left arrow Technical data sheet
  • L1-Cache
    - left arrow 0.375 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    - left arrow 100-100000457BOX
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    - left arrow 100-000000457
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
  • Thermal Solution (PIB)
    - left arrow AMD Wraith Stealth

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

More results: 5

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 8 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 4159.699171 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 8 threads / windows
System RAM: 56 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B550 GAMING X V2
Duration: 240.402 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

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

Higher values are better in this metric.

271.000000
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
535.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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

Higher values are better in this metric.

2401.000000
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
4086.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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

Higher values are better in this metric.

172.000000
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
221.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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

Higher values are better in this metric.

1275.000000
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
1714.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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

Higher values are better in this metric.

744.000000
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
1355.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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

Higher values are better in this metric.

5657.000000
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
5979.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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

Higher values are better in this metric.

13864.000000
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
19607.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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