AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4

Price

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$ 109.25

$ 39.90

$ 69.35 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points

0.50% slightly better overall score

4409 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points

15% slightly better gaming score

5193 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points

4156 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points

4086 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points

127.64 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points

5966 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1033 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points

5632 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1047 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

2.4 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

399th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

2016 February

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 v4 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600X is faster than the Xeon E5-2640 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2640 v4 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2640 v4 has significantly more cores with 10 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 significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2640 v4. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2640 v4 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.

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.