AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Xeon W-2145

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon W-2145

Price

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$ 224.25

$ 4863.18 significantly less expensive

$ 5087.43

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6410 points

0.66% slightly better overall score

6368 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points

11% slightly better gaming score

7820 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5668 points

5866 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5487 points

5710 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

150.17 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

8318 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1438 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7840 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1405 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

3.7 GHz

Identical

3.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.5 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

139% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

512 GiB

300% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

226th of 1,089

231st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2017 August

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

Yes

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Xeon W-2145 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon W-2145 is faster than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon W-2145 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600X. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 5 5600X and Xeon W-2145 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2145 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.