Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 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

5940 points
3% slightly better overall score
5757 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5278 points
7870 points
49% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6174 points
21% slightly better multitasking score
5067 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6288 points
28% slightly better heavy workload score
4903 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

163.08 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
144.95 points

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

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.00 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz
4 GHz
21% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W
105 W
14% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

263rd of 1,104
282nd of 1,104

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR4

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Xeon E5-2680 v3 vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2680 v3 performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2680 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500X3D outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2680 v3 thanks to a slightly 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 E5-2680 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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