AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

Compare AMD 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

Price

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$ 130.00

$ 55.00 significantly less expensive

$ 185.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4187 points

1% slightly better overall score

4138 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6634 points

42% significantly better gaming score

4640 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3411 points

3964 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3273 points

3921 points

19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points

19% slightly higher Blender score

71.99 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5905 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3234 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1536 points

190% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

528 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5889 points

85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3167 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points

203% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

518 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

166% 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

20% slightly higher turbo speed

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

429th of 1,105

433rd of 1,105

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Xeon E5-2650 v2 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3500X performs better than the Xeon E5-2650 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2650 v2 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2650 v2 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 3500X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3500X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2650 v2. Also, the Ryzen 5 3500X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 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 3500X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.