AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM4 Intel Socket 1356
Foundry GlobalFoundries Intel
Process size 14 nm 22 nm
Transistors 4,800 million 1,400 million
Die size 192 mm² 160 mm²
Package µPGA

Performance

Frequency 3.5 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.7 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 35.0x 22.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
TDP 65 W 80 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status Active unknown
Release date Apr 11th, 2017 Sep 1st, 2013
Codename Zen Ivy Bridge-EN
Generation Ryzen 5 Xeon E5
Part YD150XBBM4GAEYD150XBBAEBOX SR1AJ
Memory support DDR4 Dual-channel DDR3
ECC memory No Yes

Cores

Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 12
SMP # CPUs 1 2
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 16MB (shared) 15MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

Features & Technologies

AES Yes
AES-NI Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
ECC Yes
EIST Yes
EPT Yes
EVP Yes
F16C Yes Yes
FMA3 Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
Precision Boost Yes
SHA Yes
SMAP Yes
SMEP Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TXT Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes
XFR Yes

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