AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 12 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

4862 points
5502 points
13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6603 points
25% slightly better gaming score
5267 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4311 points
5565 points
29% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4176 points
5563 points
33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4965 points
5872 points
18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

116.70 points
165.47 points
41% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5738 points
6942 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1625 points
61% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1009 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5695 points
7090 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1590 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1072 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
200% significantly lower TDP
135 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

358th of 1,089
294th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Ryzen 5 5600H vs Xeon E5-2690 v3 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2690 v3 beats the Ryzen 5 5600H in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2690 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600H has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690 v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 v3 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 5600H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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