AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2667 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 E5-2667 v2

Price

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$ 109.25

$ 140.70 significantly less expensive

$ 249.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points

4456 points

0.56% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points

7% slightly better gaming score

5563 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points

4086 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points

3980 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

90.62 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4156 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points

85% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

655 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3992 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points

91% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

647 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

9% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

4 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

392nd 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 E5-2667 v2 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2667 v2 is faster 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 E5-2667 v2 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 2600X that 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 E5-2667 v2. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2667 v2 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.