AMD Ryzen 5 2500X vs Intel Xeon E5649

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM4 Intel Socket 1366
Foundry GlobalFoundries Intel
Process size 12 nm 32 nm
Transistors 4,800 million 1,170 million
Die size 192 mm² 239 mm²
Package µOPGA-1331 FC-LGA10

Performance

Frequency 3.6 GHz 2.533 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4 GHz up to 2.8 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 36.0x 19.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
TDP 65 W 80 W
Voltage 1.35 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Oct 1st, 2018 Feb 14th, 2011
Codename Zen Westmere-EP
Generation Ryzen 5 Xeon
Part unknown SLBZ8
Memory support DDR4 Dual-channel DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 2

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) 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

5.86GT/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 2 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 2 Yes

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