AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Xeon E-2146G

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

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Price

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$ 58.40
$ 941.60 significantly less expensive
$ 1000.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4496 points
4649 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6035 points
6235 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3997 points
4175 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3874 points
4056 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4485 points
5300 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1048 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1008 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4641 points
6385 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points
1557 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
3.5 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.5 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
23% slightly lower TDP
80 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

390th of 1,089
375th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Xeon E

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2018 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Xeon E-2146G specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E-2146G is faster than the Ryzen 5 1600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1600 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 Xeon E-2146G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 1600. Also, the Xeon E-2146G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1600 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E-2146G CPU because of its slightly 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 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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