AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3

Price

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$ 140.99

$ 48.96 significantly less expensive

$ 189.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6140 points

13% slightly better overall score

5393 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points

68% significantly better gaming score

4919 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points

5546 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points

5592 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.73 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

138.77 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7577 points

8196 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1885 points

168% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

703 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7674 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6085 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1931 points

131% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

833 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

133% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

95% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

46% significantly higher turbo speed

3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

84% significantly lower TDP

120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

243rd of 1,089

305th 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 E5-2683 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600G is faster than the Xeon E5-2683 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2683 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2683 v3 has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5600G that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2683 v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600G CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2683 v3 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 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.