AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Xeon E5-1650

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-1650

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 66.00

$ 13.99 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3338 points

3446 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5184 points

10% slightly better gaming score

4699 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2778 points

3046 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2668 points

2950 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

64.62 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

55.26 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3735 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3081 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1114 points

74% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

640 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3681 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2889 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1109 points

86% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

595 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

3.8 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

100% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

499th of 1,089

490th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 1500X vs Xeon E5-1650 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-1650 performs better than the Ryzen 5 1500X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1500X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-1650 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 1500X that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1500X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1500X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-1650. Despite this, the Xeon E5-1650 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1500X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1650 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.