AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 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

7430 points

37% slightly better overall score

5409 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8722 points

63% significantly better gaming score

5325 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7004 points

29% slightly better multitasking score

5414 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6877 points

27% slightly better heavy workload score

5392 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6694 points

7650 points

14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

196.94 points

20% slightly higher Blender score

164.10 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8659 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6377 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1948 points

101% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

967 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8946 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6701 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2013 points

98% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1012 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

84% significantly lower TDP

120 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

168th of 1,089

303rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 5700G vs Xeon E5-2678 v3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5700G is faster than the Xeon E5-2678 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2678 v3 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5700G. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5700G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700G. A Ryzen 7 5700G CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2678 v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.