AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 8 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
4263 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points
28% slightly better gaming score
5047 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points
3997 points
21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points
3919 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
73.79 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5320 points
68% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3154 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1456 points
175% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
528 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3487 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points
158% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
586 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
24% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
107% significantly lower TDP
135 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
413th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2012 February

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 E5-2690 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3500 beats the Xeon E5-2690 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2690 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2690 has slightly more cores with 8 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 E5-2690. A Ryzen 5 3500 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 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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