Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop 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

3203 points

0.98% slightly better overall score

3172 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4260 points

4936 points

15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2869 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

2640 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2793 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

2535 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3929 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3447 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

901 points

911 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4121 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3602 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

947 points

1144 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

3.5 GHz

45% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz

3.7 GHz

15% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

85 W

65 W

30% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

510th of 1,089

515th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2620 v3 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2620 v3 performs better than the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2620 v3 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2620 v3 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2620 v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2620 v3 thanks to a slightly 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 Xeon E5-2620 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.