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

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 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

4970 points

9988 points

100% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4831 points

8856 points

83% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5013 points

10450 points

108% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5022 points

10708 points

113% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

147.11 points

367.23 points

149% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

3.30 GHz

50% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.9 GHz

4.8 GHz

65% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

Identical

105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

372nd of 1,127

92nd of 1,127

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 February

2024 July

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 E5-2650 v4 vs Ryzen 9 5900XT specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900XT is faster 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Xeon E5-2650 v4. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2650 v4. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900XT 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 Xeon E5-2650 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.