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Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q3/2014
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
Released
Q2/2022
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600
AMD Ryzen 5 5600

What's the best choice Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600? Which processor is faster?

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

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 has a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. 10 Cores. Power consumption of 105 W. Released in Q3/2014.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 has a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. 6 / 12 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2022.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    691 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    4 times more cores

    10 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    670 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    193 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    874 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    395 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    344 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    98 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    348 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    104 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    337 place
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    250 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 26% better clock speed

    3.50 GHz left arrow 2.60 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 25 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.40 GHz left arrow 3.30 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.62 times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 105 W

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    124 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    156 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    101 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    145 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    208 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    322 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    199 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    147 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
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
    5 left arrow 4
  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon E5 v3 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000
  • Predecessor
    Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
  • Successor
    Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 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
    2.60 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • 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 frequency
    left arrow --
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    left arrow --
  • Shader
    left arrow --
  • Max. displays
    left arrow --
  • Generation
    left arrow --
  • Technology
    left arrow --
  • Release date
    left arrow --
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 5600 and Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2133 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 64 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 2
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    105 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP down
    -- left arrow 45 W
  • Tjunction max.
    -- left arrow 95 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3, 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
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 3.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    25.00 MB left arrow 32.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Haswell E left arrow Vermeer (Zen 3)
  • Technology
    22 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 2011-3 left arrow AM4
  • Release date
    Q3/2014 left arrow Q2/2022

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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
734
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
1538
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
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
6121
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
8009
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
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
16429
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
21732
AMD Ryzen 5 5600

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