AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 97.99
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$ 925.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4307 points
4938 points
14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5864 points
6135 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3810 points
4537 points
19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points
4433 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.40 points
138.59 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4930 points
6681 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1138 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1125 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4754 points
6682 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points
1174 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed
3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
42% slightly lower TDP
135 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

409th of 1,089
354th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Xeon E5-2667 v4 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2667 v4 performs better than the Ryzen 5 1600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2667 v4 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 1600X. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2667 v4 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 1600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2667 v4. A Ryzen 5 1600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2667 v4 CPU because of its slightly 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 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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