AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Xeon X5690

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM4 Intel Socket 1366
Foundry GlobalFoundries Intel
Process size 14 nm 32 nm
Transistors 4,800 million 1,170 million
Die size 192 mm² 239 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA10

Performance

Frequency 3.6 GHz 3.466 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4 GHz up to 3.733 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 36.0x 26.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
TDP 95 W 130 W
Voltage — 1.35 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Apr 11th, 2017 Feb 14th, 2011
Codename Zen Westmere-EP
Generation Ryzen 5 Xeon
Part YD160XBCM6IAEYD160XBCAEWOF SLBVX
Memory support DDR4 Dual-channel DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express — Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 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) 12MB (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

6.4GT/s QPI — Yes
AES Yes —
AES-NI — Yes
AMD-V Yes —
AMD64 Yes —
AVX Yes —
AVX2 Yes —
BMI1 Yes —
BMI2 Yes —
EIST — Yes
EVP Yes —
F16C 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-x — Yes
XD-Bit — Yes
XFR Yes —

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