AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Xeon X5680

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 6 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

$ 99.99
$ 47.99 significantly less expensive
$ 147.98

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4361 points
4570 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points
32% slightly better gaming score
4503 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points
4578 points
19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points
4568 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points
88% significantly higher Blender score
56.43 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4788 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2584 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1132 points
111% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
535 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4891 points
97% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2476 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points
118% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
532 points

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

3.4 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.33 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
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

2
3
49% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
14528% significantly more L2 cache
0.02 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
1500% significantly more L3 cache
1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089
383rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2010 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 2600 vs Xeon X5680 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600 is faster than the Xeon X5680. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5680 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5680. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5680 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon X5680. The Ryzen 5 2600 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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