AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Xeon E5-2660

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2660

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 69.96 significantly less expensive

$ 149.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3338 points

3% slightly better overall score

3233 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5184 points

35% slightly better gaming score

3840 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2778 points

3029 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2668 points

2968 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

64.62 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

60.42 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3735 points

4080 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1114 points

107% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

538 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3681 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2763 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1109 points

142% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

457 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

59% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

23% slightly higher turbo speed

3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 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

507th 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 E5-2660 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2660 is faster than the Ryzen 5 1500X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1500X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2660 has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 1500X has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1500X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 1500X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2660. Also, the Ryzen 5 1500X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1500X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2660 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.