AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 16 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

6264 points

2% slightly better overall score

6109 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7696 points

41% slightly better gaming score

5454 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5820 points

6350 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5710 points

6447 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

175.52 points

190.75 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7263 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6221 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1794 points

88% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

950 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7587 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7350 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1845 points

76% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1043 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

43% significantly higher clock speed

2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

27% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

200% significantly lower TDP

135 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

239th of 1,089

245th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Xeon E5-2698 v3 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900HX is faster than the Xeon E5-2698 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2698 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2698 v3 has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HX that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2698 v3. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2698 v3 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 9 5900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.