AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

942Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score541
5134Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score4989
13011PassMark CPU Mark Rating10409
2187PassMark Single Thread Rating1493

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2660 v2
3600 MHzFrequency2200 MHz
4000 MHzMaximum Frequency3000 MHz
6Cores10
12Threads20
95 WTDP95 W
Summit RidgeCodenameIvy Bridge EP
Socket AM4 (1331)PackageFCLGA2011

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

945Single-Core Score545
4438Multi-Core Score548
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)Operating SystemUbuntu 18.04.3 LTS
Micro-Star International Co., Ltd MS-7B86ModelOpenStack Foundation OpenStack Nova
Micro-Star International Co., Ltd B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)MotherboardN/A
High performancePower Plan

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XNameIntel Xeon E5-2660 v2
1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 1 Core
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 1 Stepping 1IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 62 Stepping 4
3.60 GHzBase Frequency2.20 GHz
3899 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket AM4 (1331)Package
Summit RidgeCodename
64.0 KB x 6L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 1
32.0 KB x 6L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 1
512 KB x 6L2 Cache4.00 MB x 1
8.00 MB x 2L3 Cache16.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize1.95 GB
1199 MHzFrequency
DDR4 SDRAMType
1Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

945Single-Core Score545
1878Crypto Score622
830Integer Score504
1038Floating Point Score 620
1878
3.20 GB/sec
AES-XTS622
1.06 GB/sec
867
4.38 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)675
3.41 MB/sec
1007
47.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression550
26.0 Mpixels/sec
710
2.00 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)637
1.80 MTE/sec
753
884.5 KElements/sec
HTML5250
293.8 KElements/sec
750
235.1 Krows/sec
SQLite555
173.8 Krows/sec
879
47.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering535
29.0 Mpixels/sec
733
233.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering419
133.6 KB/sec
815
6.35 Klines/sec
Clang514
4.00 Klines/sec
1018
11.8 images/sec
Camera555
6.43 images/sec
854
1.07 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics561
701.6 Kpairs/sec
1025
6348.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics668
4136.7 FPS
1221
67.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur485
26.7 Mpixels/sec
1000
7.70 images/sec
Face Detection554
4.27 images/sec
789
19.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection596
14.7 Mpixels/sec
1700
83.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1063
52.2 Mpixels/sec
1712
23.3 Mpixels/sec
HDR1063
14.5 Mpixels/sec
1193
958.2 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing723
581.0 Kpixels/sec
851
7.62 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion428
3.84 Kpixels/sec
889
28.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition671
21.4 Words/sec
682
26.4 images/sec
Machine Learning368
14.2 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

4438Multi-Core Score548
2629Crypto Score631
4360Integer Score504
4907Floating Point Score 631
2629
4.48 GB/sec
AES-XTS631
1.08 GB/sec
4373
22.1 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)677
3.42 MB/sec
6897
326.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression579
27.4 Mpixels/sec
1635
4.61 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)653
1.84 MTE/sec
5519
6.48 MElements/sec
HTML5250
293.0 KElements/sec
5735
1.80 Mrows/sec
SQLite524
164.0 Krows/sec
4881
264.9 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering534
29.0 Mpixels/sec
2636
839.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering408
129.9 KB/sec
6216
48.4 Klines/sec
Clang520
4.05 Klines/sec
4557
52.8 images/sec
Camera548
6.36 images/sec
6199
7.76 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics566
708.2 Kpairs/sec
8308
51468.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics664
4115.4 FPS
5222
287.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur482
26.5 Mpixels/sec
6260
48.2 images/sec
Face Detection578
4.45 images/sec
4595
113.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection614
15.1 Mpixels/sec
5955
292.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1101
54.0 Mpixels/sec
8816
120.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR1076
14.7 Mpixels/sec
8492
6.82 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing770
618.0 Kpixels/sec
4955
44.4 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion433
3.88 Kpixels/sec
2076
66.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition671
21.5 Words/sec
1120
43.3 images/sec
Machine Learning372
14.4 images/sec