AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

Price

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$ 109.25

$ 63.20

$ 46.05 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points

5079 points

14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points

15% slightly better gaming score

5205 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points

5069 points

28% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points

5131 points

34% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points

0.93% slightly higher Blender score

113.01 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points

5241 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1004 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points

5384 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1040 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

38% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz

25% slightly higher turbo speed

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

90 W

5% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

397th of 1,089

341st 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 E5-2640 v3 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2640 v3 performs better than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2640 v3 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 2600X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2640 v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2640 v3 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 2600X thanks to a 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.