AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 4 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
4611 points
10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5656 points
1% slightly better gaming score
5571 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3723 points
4299 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3608 points
4207 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5751 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4013 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1605 points
84% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
871 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5709 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4512 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1617 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1142 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
3.5 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
800% significantly lower TDP
135 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

422nd of 1,089
379th 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

-
Yes

Ryzen 5 5600U vs Xeon E5-2637 v3 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2637 v3 performs better 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 Ryzen 5 5600U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Xeon E5-2637 v3 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2637 v3. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2637 v3 has a significantly 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 E5-2637 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 5600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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