Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500

Compare Intel 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 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

5409 points
1% slightly better overall score
5312 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5325 points
7287 points
36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5414 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
4672 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5392 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score
4523 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7650 points
58% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
4824 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.10 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
124.29 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6701 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6235 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1012 points
1560 points
54% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
100% significantly more threads
12

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W
65 W
84% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

303rd of 1,089
309th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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Yes

Xeon E5-2678 v3 vs Ryzen 5 4500 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2678 v3 performs better than the Ryzen 5 4500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 4500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 4500. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 4500. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4500. The Ryzen 5 4500 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2678 v3 thanks to a 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 Xeon E5-2678 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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