AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 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

4057 points

10% slightly better overall score

3665 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points

29% slightly better gaming score

5028 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

3232 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points

0.96% slightly better heavy workload score

3132 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

72.62 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5320 points

67% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3177 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1456 points

128% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

637 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3309 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points

125% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

672 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

100% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

430th of 1,089

467th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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 3500 vs Xeon E5-1650 v2 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3500 performs better than the Xeon E5-1650 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1650 v2 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E5-1650 v2 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-1650 v2. Also, the Ryzen 5 3500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1650 v2 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.