AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM4 Intel Socket 2011
Foundry GlobalFoundries Intel
Process size 12 nm 22 nm
Transistors 4,800 million 1,400 million
Die size 192 mm² 160 mm²
Package µOPGA-1331

Performance

Frequency 3.6 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4.25 GHz up to 3 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36.0x 32.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
TDP 95 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status Active unknown
Release date Apr 19th, 2018 Sep 1st, 2013
Codename Zen Ivy Bridge-EP
Generation Ryzen 5 Xeon E5
Part YD260XBCM6IAF YD260XBCAFBOX SR1AB
Memory support DDR4 Dual-channel DDR3 Quad-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 3

Cores

Total Cores 6 10
Total Threads 12 20
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) 25MB (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 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-d Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes
XFR 2 Yes

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