AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points

4970 points

12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points

24% slightly better gaming score

4831 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points

5013 points

27% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points

5022 points

31% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points

147.11 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points

93% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2679 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points

119% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

554 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3070 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points

87% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

661 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

63% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz

46% significantly higher turbo speed

2.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

10% slightly lower TDP

105 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

353rd 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 E5-2650 v4 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2650 v4 performs better than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 2600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 v4 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.