AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4357 points

5409 points

24% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6337 points

19% slightly better gaming score

5325 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3730 points

5414 points

45% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3577 points

5392 points

50% significantly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Ryzen 5 5500U and the Xeon E5-2678 v3? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3688 points

7650 points

107% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

90.31 points

164.10 points

81% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4587 points

6377 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1288 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

967 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4533 points

6701 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1297 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1012 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

700% significantly lower TDP

120 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

405th of 1,089

303rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Xeon E5-2678 v3 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 beats the Ryzen 5 5500U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5500U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500U. A Ryzen 5 5500U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2678 v3 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 5500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.