AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2643

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 4 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

$ 109.25
$ 2047.75 significantly less expensive
$ 2157.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points
49% significantly better overall score
2971 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points
46% significantly better gaming score
4108 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points
50% significantly better multitasking score
2620 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points
49% significantly better heavy workload score
2542 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points
179% significantly higher Blender score
40.83 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points
79% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2888 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points
88% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
646 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points
150% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2094 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points
119% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
566 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
9% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz
21% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
36% slightly lower TDP
130 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
542nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2012 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 2600X vs Xeon E5-2643 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600X is faster than the Xeon E5-2643. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2643 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Xeon E5-2643 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2643. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2643. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2643 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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