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Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2016
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
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2019-07-07
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AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

What's the best choice Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 or AMD Ryzen 9 3900X? Which processor is faster?

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

Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 has a base frequency of 3.60 GHz. 6 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 140 W. Released in Q2/2016.

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X has a base frequency of 3.8 GHz. 12 / 24 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in 2019-07-07.

Differences


Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    466 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    324 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    71 place
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    45 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 6% better clock speed

    3.8 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • More number of cores

    6 more cores

    12 left arrow 6
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 15 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.6 GHz left arrow 4.00 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    105 W left arrow 140 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 3900X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    139 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    51 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    108 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    45 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    53 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    49 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    204 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    76 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    23 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    13 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    45 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon E5 v4 left arrow AMD Ryzen 3000
  • Family
    Intel Xeon E5 left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 3
  • Predecessor
    Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Successor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 3000 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
    3.6 GHz left arrow 3.8 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 12
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 24
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4 GHz left arrow 4.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow -
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 12x
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 4.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (12 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 9 3900X and Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    1532 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-1866DDR4-2133DDR4-2400 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 4.0 x16
  • System Memory Specification
    - left arrow 3200
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 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)
    140 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 E5-1650 v4 and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Broadwell E left arrow Matisse (Zen 2)
  • 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 6 MB
  • L3-Cache
    15 MB left arrow 64 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2016 left arrow 2019-07-07
  • Socket
    LGA 2011-3 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Codename
    - left arrow Matisse
  • L1-Cache
    - left arrow 0.75 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    - left arrow 100-100000023BOX
  • Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
    - left arrow 100-100000023MPK
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    - left arrow 100-000000023
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

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 E5-1650 v4

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

More results: 7

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 / 24 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 10141.782114 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 24 threads / windows
System RAM: 64 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING
Duration: 98.602 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 E5-1650 v4 and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X.

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

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.

941.000000
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
1300.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
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.

5521.000000
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
12454.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them

Lower values are better; time in seconds.

305.300000
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
115.900000
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

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