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Intel Xeon E7-2890 v2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Q1/2014
Intel Xeon E7-2890 v2
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AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

What's the best choice Intel Xeon E7-2890 v2 or AMD Ryzen 5 7600X? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Xeon E7-2890 v2 has a base frequency of 2.80 GHz. 15 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 155 W. Released in Q1/2014.

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X has a base frequency of 4.7 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in 2022-09-27.

Differences

  • More number of cores

    9 more cores

    15 left arrow 6
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    55 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 68% better clock speed

    4.7 GHz left arrow 2.80 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 56 % higher specified turbo frequency

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

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    105 W left arrow 155 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 7600X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    18 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    67 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    17 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    58 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    4 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    85 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    7 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    81 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    536 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    59 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon E7-2890 v2 Intel Xeon E7-2890 v2
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon E7 v2 left arrow AMD Ryzen 7000
  • Family
    Intel Xeon E7 left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 6
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 7000 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
    2.8 GHz left arrow 4.7 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    15 left arrow 6
  • CPU Threads
    30 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.4 GHz left arrow 5.3 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (15 Cores)
    3.4 GHz left arrow -
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 6x
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 5.3 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    - left arrow 5.3 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.

  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 2
  • Generation
    - left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 2200 MHz
  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow 2200 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 8 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q3/2022
  • Shader
    - left arrow 128
  • Technology
    - left arrow 5 nm
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 2
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 Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and Intel Xeon E7-2890 v2. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR3-1600 left arrow DDR5
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 83.2 GB/s
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 5.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E7-2890 v2 and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 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 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    155 W left arrow 105 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 142 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 105 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E7-2890 v2 and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Ivy Bridge EX left arrow Raphael (Zen 4)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 6 MB
  • L3-Cache
    38 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • Part Number
    - left arrow 100-100000593WOF
  • Release date
    Q1/2014 left arrow 2022-09-27
  • Socket
    LGA 2011 left arrow AM5
  • Technology
    22 nm left arrow TSMC 5nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Chip design
    - left arrow Chiplet
  • Codename
    - left arrow Raphael AM5
  • Documents
    - left arrow Technical data sheet
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
  • Release price
    - left arrow 299 $

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 E7-2890 v2

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

More results: 8

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 6.22.2 / 1M / 12 threads / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6854.103552 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 1M / 12 threads / linux
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Motherboard: ASRock / B650M-HDV/M.2
Duration: 145.898 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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