AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2643 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2643 v2

Price

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$ 109.25

$ 289.70 significantly less expensive

$ 398.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points

4657 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points

19% slightly better gaming score

5043 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points

4542 points

15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points

4510 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4201 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points

73% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

702 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3212 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points

93% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

642 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

36% slightly lower TDP

130 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

373rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

2013 August

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 v2 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2643 v2 is faster than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2643 v2. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2643 v2 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.