AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3

Price

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$ 109.25

$ 1246.75 significantly less expensive

$ 1356.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points

17% slightly better overall score

3769 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points

14% slightly better gaming score

5233 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points

18% slightly better multitasking score

3308 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

3206 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

90.40 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points

0.33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5154 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1099 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points

5477 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1201 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

47% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

397th of 1,089

453rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Xeon E5-1650 v3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600X is faster than the Xeon E5-1650 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1650 v3 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-1650 v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1650 v3 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 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.