AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 6 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

6410 points
49% significantly better overall score
4288 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points
43% significantly better gaming score
6056 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5668 points
52% significantly better multitasking score
3725 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5487 points
52% significantly better heavy workload score
3606 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points
64% significantly higher Blender score
94.25 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5425 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points
80% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1136 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points
59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5449 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1187 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
115% significantly lower TDP
140 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
40
100% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

226th of 1,089
410th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2016 May

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

No
Yes

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Xeon E5-1650 v4 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600X performs better than the Xeon E5-1650 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1650 v4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-1650 v4. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1650 v4 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 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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