AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 224.25
$ 774.70 significantly less expensive
$ 998.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6410 points
8% slightly better overall score
5909 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points
67% significantly better gaming score
5194 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5668 points
6150 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5487 points
6231 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points
200.55 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6450 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points
153% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
807 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7020 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points
126% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
933 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
32
166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
76% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
53% significantly higher turbo speed
3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
84% significantly lower TDP
120 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
259th 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 E5-2683 v4 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600X beats the Xeon E5-2683 v4 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2683 v4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2683 v4 has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2683 v4. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2683 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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