AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 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

6682 points

64% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points

4% slightly better gaming score

6240 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points

6819 points

107% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points

6860 points

116% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points

200.70 points

135% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5320 points

7768 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1456 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1069 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points

8934 points

64% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1072 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

366% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

38% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

17% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 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

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

430th of 1,089

211th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 February

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 3500 vs Xeon E5-2690 v4 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2690 v4 performs better than the Ryzen 5 3500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3500 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 v4. A Ryzen 5 3500 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 v4 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.