Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3224 points

1% slightly better overall score

3172 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3691 points

4936 points

33% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3095 points

17% slightly better multitasking score

2640 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3090 points

21% slightly better heavy workload score

2535 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4896 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3447 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

547 points

911 points

66% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3197 points

3602 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

457 points

1144 points

150% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

150% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

3.5 GHz

59% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz

3.7 GHz

23% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

508th of 1,089

515th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August

2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2660 v2 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2660 v2 beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2660 v2 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2660 v2 has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2660 v2. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2660 v2 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2660 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.