AMD Ryzen 5 3550H vs Intel Xeon E5-2620

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

4% slightly better overall score

2694 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4389 points

36% slightly better gaming score

3212 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2350 points

2534 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2256 points

2503 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.83 points

35% slightly higher Blender score

38.93 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2842 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2793 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

947 points

106% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

459 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2861 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1902 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

944 points

142% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

390 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

5% slightly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

47% significantly higher turbo speed

2.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

171% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

566th of 1,089

591st of 1,089

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 E5-2620 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2620 is faster than the Ryzen 5 3550H. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3550H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2620 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3550H has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3550H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3550H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2620. Also, the Ryzen 5 3550H has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3550H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2620 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3550H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.