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Intel Xeon E7-8890 v2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2014
Intel Xeon E7-8890 v2
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2022-04-04
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600
AMD Ryzen 5 5600

What's the best choice Intel Xeon E7-8890 v2 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Xeon E7-8890 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 5600 has a base frequency of 3.5 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2022-04-04.

Differences

  • More number of cores

    9 more cores

    15 left arrow 6
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    115 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 25% better clock speed

    3.5 GHz left arrow 2.80 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 29 % higher specified turbo frequency

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

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 155 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5600 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    91 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    132 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    70 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    123 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    135 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    197 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    123 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon E7-8890 v2 Intel Xeon E7-8890 v2
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
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 5000
  • Family
    Intel Xeon E7 left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • 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
    2.8 GHz left arrow 3.5 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 4.4 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (15 Cores)
    3.4 GHz left arrow -
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 6x
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 4.4 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    - 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 5600 and Intel Xeon E7-8890 v2. 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
    DDR3-1600 left arrow DDR4
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 51.2 GB/s
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 4.0
  • System Memory Specification
    - left arrow 3200
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E7-8890 v2 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600 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)
    155 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 E7-8890 v2 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Ivy Bridge EX left arrow Vermeer (Zen 3)
  • 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, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 3 MB
  • L3-Cache
    38 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • Release date
    Q1/2014 left arrow 2022-04-04
  • Socket
    LGA 2011 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 Vermeer
  • Documents
    - left arrow Technical data sheet
  • L1-Cache
    - left arrow 0.375 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    - left arrow 100-100000927BOX
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    - left arrow 100-000000927
  • 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 E7-8890 v2

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

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 6.21.0 / 1M / 12 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 7150.211646 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.21.0 / 1M / 12 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B550M DS3H
Duration: 139.856 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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