AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 4 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

4629 points
0.39% slightly better overall score
4611 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5577 points
0.11% slightly better gaming score
5571 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4389 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
4299 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4371 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
4207 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7738 points
71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4512 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1930 points
69% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1142 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3.5 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
29% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 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

378th of 1,089
379th 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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Xeon E5-2637 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5980HX performs better than the Xeon E5-2637 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2637 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5980HX has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Xeon E5-2637 v3 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2637 v3. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-2637 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5980HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5980HX CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2637 v3 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 9 5980HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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