AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G vs Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G		Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G or Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G was released in Q2/2019. The Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 was released in Q4/2015.

AMD Ryzen Embedded R (9)	Family	Intel Xeon E3 (43)
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1000 (5)	CPU group	Intel Xeon E3 v5 (17)
1	Generation	5
Banded Kestrel (Zen)	Architecture	Skylake S
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (3.50 GHz). The Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.80 GHz (3.70 GHz).
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5
2	Cores	4
4	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.60 GHz	Frequency	2.80 GHz
3.50 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.70 GHz
3.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.30 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics P530
1.20 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.05 GHz
8	GPU Generation	9
14 nm	Technology	14 nm
3	Max. displays	3
3	Compute units	24
192	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
12	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics P530
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5
DDR4-2400	Memory	LPDDR3-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
32 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	34.1 GB/s
Yes	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	8.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
8	PCIe lanes	16
7.9 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 is 45 W.
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5
15 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	45 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
25 W	TDP up	--
12 W	TDP down	35 W
105 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 cache has a total of 8.00 MB.
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5
14 nm	Technology	14 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FP5	Socket	BGA 1440
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2019	Release date	Q4/2015
--	Release price	434 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G (85%)

Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G (52%)

Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	858 (85%)
	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	1004 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1693 (44%)
	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	3859 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.20 GHz	461 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 Intel HD Graphics P530 @ 1.05 GHz	403 (87%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	4178 (60%)
	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	7014 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	366 (51%)
	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	716 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	1308 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	4296 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	1563 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	157 (100%)

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