Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5625C

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Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 5 5625C
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 AMD Ryzen 5 5625C

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 or AMD Ryzen 5 5625C - 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 Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. Up to 1536 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 was released in Q2/2016.

The AMD Ryzen 5 5625C has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 5625C was released in Q3/2022.
Intel Xeon E5 (71) Family AMD Ryzen 5 (84)
Intel Xeon E5 v4 (24) CPU group AMD Ryzen 5000C (4)
6 Generation 4
Broadwell E Architecture Barcelo (Zen 3)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 Predecessor AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 is 3.20 GHz (3.80 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 5 5625C has 6 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 5625C is at 2.30 GHz (4.30 GHz).

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5625C
8 Cores 6
16 Threads 12
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.20 GHz Frequency 2.30 GHz
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.30 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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.

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5625C
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 or AMD Ryzen 5 5625C has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Raven Ridge)
GPU frequency 1.60 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation 7
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 7
-- Shader 448
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- 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.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Raven Ridge)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 can use up to 1536 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 76.8 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 5 5625C supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5625C
DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400 Memory LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
1536 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
76.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 3.00 MB
20.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
40 PCIe lanes 20
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 19.7 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 is 140 W, while the AMD Ryzen 5 5625C has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5625C
140 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 95 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 20.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 5 5625C is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 19.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5625C
14 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 2011-3 Socket FP6
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2016 Release date Q3/2022
1113 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 (71%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5625C (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5625C (68%)

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.
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
946 (77%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5625C AMD Ryzen 5 5625C
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
1231 (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.
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
7536 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5625C AMD Ryzen 5 5625C
6C 12T @ 2.30 GHz
4699 (62%)

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.
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
1158 (65%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5625C AMD Ryzen 5 5625C
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
1788 (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.
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
6859 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5625C AMD Ryzen 5 5625C
6C 12T @ 2.30 GHz
5084 (74%)

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.
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5625C AMD Ryzen 5 5625C
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.60 GHz
1434 (100%)

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.
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
13489 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5625C AMD Ryzen 5 5625C
6C 12T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
234.1 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5625C AMD Ryzen 5 5625C
6C 12T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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