AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Xeon E5 2640 v3

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We compared the server AMD Ryzen 5 5500 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and the Intel Xeon E5 2640 v3 with 8 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-1866)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Lower TDP (65W vs 90W)

Intel Xeon E5 2640 v3 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +122%

1776

Intel Xeon E5 2640 v3

800

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +128%

7245

Intel Xeon E5 2640 v3

3177

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +29%

155

Intel Xeon E5 2640 v3

120

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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Intel Xeon E5 2640 v3

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Sep 2014

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Server

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Cezanne

Core Architecture

Haswell-EP

AM4

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Package

-

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

AM4

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

65 W

Power Consumption

90 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

356 mm²

-

Package

FC-LGA12A

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

-

12

Performance Core Threads

-

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

26.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-1866

128 GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

4

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Official Website

-

3.0

PCIe Version

3

20

PCIe Lanes

40

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