AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 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
4438 points
9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points
34% slightly better gaming score
4819 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points
4302 points
30% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points
4265 points
34% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points
100.42 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5320 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3964 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1456 points
165% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
549 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3854 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points
169% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
563 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
20
233% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
28% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
76% significantly lower TDP
115 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

430th of 1,089
396th 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 E5-2680 v2 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2680 v2 beats the Ryzen 5 3500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2680 v2 has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 3500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v2. A Ryzen 5 3500 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 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.

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