Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 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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Price

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$ 415.02
$ 68.37
$ 346.65 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5502 points
3% slightly better overall score
5312 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5267 points
7287 points
38% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5565 points
19% slightly better multitasking score
4672 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5563 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score
4523 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5872 points
21% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
4824 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

165.47 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
124.29 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7090 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6235 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1072 points
1560 points
45% 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

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.1 GHz
17% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

135 W
65 W
107% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

294th of 1,089
309th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2022 April

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 E5-2690 v3 vs Ryzen 5 4500 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2690 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 E5-2690 v3 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 4500. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 v3 has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 4500. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690 v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 4500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 4500 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2690 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 E5-2690 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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