AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

Price

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$ 109.25

$ 75.75 significantly less expensive

$ 185.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points

17% slightly better overall score

3764 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points

31% slightly better gaming score

4552 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

3492 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

3415 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points

58% significantly higher Blender score

71.99 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3234 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points

130% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

528 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3167 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points

139% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

518 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

Identical

95 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

454th 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 E5-2650 v2 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600X is faster than the Xeon E5-2650 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2650 v2 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2650 v2 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 E5-2650 v2. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.