AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Xeon E5-2690

Compare AMD 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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Intel Xeon E5-2690

Price

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$ 130.00

$ 11.61 slightly less expensive

$ 141.61

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4161 points

4263 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points

30% slightly better gaming score

5047 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points

3997 points

17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points

3919 points

20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

73.79 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5905 points

87% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3154 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

68% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3487 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points

168% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

586 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

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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

423rd of 1,089

413th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September

2012 February

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 E5-2690 comparison

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

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2690 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3500X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3500X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690. Also, the Ryzen 5 3500X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500X 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 3500X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.