AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4

Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Xeon E5-2687W v4 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5900HX beats the Xeon E5-2687W v4 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2687W v4 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2687W v4 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2687W v4 has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 5900HX. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5900HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2687W v4. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2687W v4 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon E5-2687W v4. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2687W v4 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HX.

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 9 5900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.