AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4180 points

4392 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5656 points

5% slightly better gaming score

5377 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3723 points

4064 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3608 points

3979 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.46 points

148.95 points

48% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5751 points

8091 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1605 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1373 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5709 points

7100 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1617 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1291 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3 GHz

30% slightly higher clock speed

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

15 W

833% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

437th of 1,118

419th of 1,118

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

DDR4-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 5600U vs Xeon E5-1660 v3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-1660 v3 is faster than the Ryzen 5 5600U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-1660 v3 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600U. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-1660 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1660 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 5600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.