AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Xeon W-2133

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 6 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

4444 points

0.29% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points

6150 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points

0.69% slightly better multitasking score

3904 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points

0.82% slightly better heavy workload score

3778 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points

14% slightly higher Blender score

99.59 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points

5698 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1203 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points

5857 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points

Identical

1242 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

Identical

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

47% significantly lower TDP

140 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

395th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

2017 August

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 W-2133 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon W-2133 beats the Ryzen 5 2600X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600X in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 5 2600X and Xeon W-2133 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2133 CPU because of its significantly 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.