AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 79.99
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$ 1356.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3338 points
3769 points
12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5184 points
5233 points
0.95% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2778 points
3308 points
19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2668 points
3206 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

64.62 points
90.40 points
39% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3735 points
5154 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1114 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1099 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3681 points
5477 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1109 points
1201 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
Identical
3.5 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
115% significantly lower TDP
140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

499th of 1,089
453rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-1333

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 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-1650 v3 is faster than the Ryzen 5 1500X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1500X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-1650 v3 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 1500X. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1650 v3 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 1500X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1500X. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon E5-1650 v3 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Xeon E5-1650 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1500X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1650 v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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