AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500 VS Intel Xeon W-2123

Comparison of video cards AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500 vs Intel Xeon W-2123 in benchmarks and specifications.

Differences Specifications Benchmarks

Differences

Top features of Intel Xeon W-2123

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Higher clock speed

3.60 GHz 3.50 GHz

Around -3% better clock speed
Higher turbo clock speed

3.90 GHz 3.70 GHz

Around 5% better overclocked clock speed

Top features of AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500

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Performance per watt

65 W 120 W

About 0.54 times less performance per watt

Specifications

Complete list of technical specifications

Intel Xeon W-2123 AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500

CPU generation and family

Let's find out which one of Intel Xeon W-2123 and AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

Specification	Value
Name	Intel Xeon W-2123 AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500
Segment	Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
Family	Intel Xeon W AMD Ryzen
Generation	6 1
CPU group	Intel Xeon W-2100/3100 AMD Ryzen 1000
Successor	Intel Xeon W-2223 --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

In this block we are going to compare Intel Xeon W-2123 vs AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

Specification	Value
Frequency	3.60 GHz 3.50 GHz
CPU Cores	4 4
Turbo (1 Core)	3.90 GHz 3.70 GHz
CPU Threads	8 8
Turbo (4 Cores)	3.90 GHz 3.60 GHz
Hyperthreading	Yes Yes
Overclocking	No Yes
Core architecture	normal normal

Internal Graphics

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Intel Xeon W-2123 and AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

Specification	Value
GPU name	no iGPU no iGPU
GPU (Turbo)	No turbo No turbo

Hardware codec support

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Intel Xeon W-2123 and AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

Specification	Value
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No No
h264	No No
VP9	No No
VP8	No No
AV1	No No
AVC	No No
VC-1	No No
JPEG	No No

Memory & PCIe

To choose the best model between Intel Xeon W-2123 and AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

Specification	Value
Memory type	DDR4-2666 DDR4-2666
Max. Memory	512 GB
ECC	Yes Yes
Memory channels	4 2
PCIe version	3.0 3.0
PCIe lanes	48 20

Encryption

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs Intel Xeon W-2123 and AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500.

Specification	Value
AES-NI	Yes Yes

Thermal Management

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Intel Xeon W-2123 or AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

Specification	Value
TDP (PL1)	120 W 65 W
Tjunction max.	-- 95 °C

Technical details

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Intel Xeon W-2123 and AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

Specification	Value
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
L3-Cache	8.25 MB 16.00 MB
Architecture	Skylake W Summit Ridge (Zen)
Technology	14 nm 14 nm
Socket	LGA 2066 AM4
Release date	Q3/2017 Q3/2017