AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 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
$ 15.00 slightly less expensive
$ 155.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6140 points
21% slightly better overall score
5073 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points
52% significantly better gaming score
5423 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
4932 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
4878 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.73 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
106.45 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7577 points
80% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4204 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1885 points
223% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
582 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7674 points
81% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4225 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1931 points
225% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
593 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20
66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
100% significantly lower TDP
130 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
342nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop
Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1066

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 E5-2690 v2 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600G beats the Xeon E5-2690 v2 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2690 v2 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2690 v2 has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5600G that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2690 v2. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600G CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 v2 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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