AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2690

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 97.99
$ 43.62 significantly less expensive
$ 141.61

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4307 points
1% slightly better overall score
4263 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5864 points
16% slightly better gaming score
5047 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3810 points
3997 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points
3919 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.40 points
41% slightly higher Blender score
73.79 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4930 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3154 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1138 points
115% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
528 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4754 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3487 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points
93% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
586 points

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
24% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 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
413th 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 1600X vs Xeon E5-2690 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1600X performs better than the Xeon E5-2690. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2690 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2690 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 1600X. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 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 E5-2690. A Ryzen 5 1600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 CPU because of its slightly 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 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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