AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Xeon X5647

Ryzen 5 1500X vs Xeon X5647 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 1500X is faster than the Xeon X5647. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5647 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1500X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5647. Also, the Ryzen 5 1500X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1500X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5647 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 1500X has more L2 cache than the Xeon X5647. The Ryzen 5 1500X also has slightly more L3 cache.

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.