AMD Ryzen 5 3550H vs Intel Xeon E5-1660

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 6 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

2822 points

3673 points

30% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4389 points

4854 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2350 points

3294 points

40% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2256 points

3198 points

41% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.83 points

65.07 points

23% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2842 points

4536 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

947 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

761 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2861 points

3040 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

944 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

618 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

3.3 GHz

57% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

3.9 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

271% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

585th of 1,119

484th of 1,119

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 January

2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 3550H vs Xeon E5-1660 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-1660 beats the Ryzen 5 3550H in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3550H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-1660 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3550H. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1660 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3550H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3550H. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-1660 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3550H. Also, the Xeon E5-1660 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3550H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1660 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3550H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.