AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4361 points

5409 points

24% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points

12% slightly better gaming score

5325 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points

5414 points

40% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points

5392 points

44% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3464 points

7650 points

120% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points

164.10 points

54% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4788 points

6377 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1132 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

967 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4891 points

6701 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1012 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

84% significantly lower TDP

120 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089

303rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Xeon E5-2678 v3 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 beats the Ryzen 5 2600 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600. A Ryzen 5 2600 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2678 v3 CPU because of its significantly 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 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.