AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 109.25
$ 120.70 significantly less expensive
$ 229.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points
4611 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points
7% slightly better gaming score
5571 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points
4299 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points
4207 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4013 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
871 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4512 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1142 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

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
14% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 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

397th of 1,089
379th 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
DDR4-1600

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 E5-2637 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2637 v3 is faster than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 2600X has significantly more cores than the Xeon E5-2637 v3. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E5-2637 v3. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2637 v3. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2637 v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2637 v3 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 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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