AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

Price

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$ 58.40

$ 97.59 significantly less expensive

$ 155.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4496 points

5073 points

12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6035 points

11% slightly better gaming score

5423 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3997 points

4932 points

23% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3874 points

4878 points

25% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.47 points

106.45 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4485 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4204 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1048 points

80% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

582 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4641 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4225 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

593 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

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

390th of 1,089

342nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2013 August

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 1600 vs Xeon E5-2690 v2 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2690 v2 is faster than the Ryzen 5 1600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2690 v2 has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 1600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 1600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2690 v2. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1600 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 v2 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 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.