AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

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

6413 points
29% slightly better overall score
4970 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8715 points
80% significantly better gaming score
4831 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5671 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
5013 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5491 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
5022 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
147.11 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points
218% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2679 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points
269% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
554 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points
182% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3070 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points
219% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
661 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

3.7 GHz
68% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
58% significantly higher turbo speed
2.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
61% significantly lower TDP
105 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
353rd 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 February

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 E5-2650 v4 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600X performs better than the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2650 v4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 v4 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 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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