AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Xeon E5-2670 v2 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 2600X performs better than the Xeon E5-2670 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2670 v2 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2670 v2 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2670 v2 has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 2600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2670 v2. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2670 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.