AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 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

9875 points

98% significantly better overall score

4970 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9949 points

105% significantly better gaming score

4831 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9848 points

96% significantly better multitasking score

5013 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9838 points

95% significantly better heavy workload score

5022 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.97 points

113% significantly higher Blender score

147.11 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11764 points

339% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2679 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2141 points

286% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

554 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11794 points

284% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3070 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2200 points

232% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

661 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

68% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

65% significantly higher turbo speed

2.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

Identical

105 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

97th of 1,127

372nd of 1,127

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 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

Yes

Ryzen 9 5900X vs Xeon E5-2650 v4 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900X performs better than the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2650 v4 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900X has a significantly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 9 5900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.