AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 140.99
$ 63.20
$ 77.79 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6140 points
20% slightly better overall score
5079 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points
59% significantly better gaming score
5205 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
5069 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
5131 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.73 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
113.01 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7577 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5241 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1885 points
87% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1004 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7674 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5384 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1931 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1040 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
29% slightly higher turbo speed
3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
38% slightly lower TDP
90 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

243rd of 1,089
341st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop
Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 5 5600G vs Xeon E5-2640 v3 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600G performs better than the Xeon E5-2640 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2640 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2640 v3 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2640 v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600G CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2640 v3 CPU because of its slightly 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 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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