Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Xeon E5-2690 v3 vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme beats the Xeon E5-2690 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2690 v3 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2690 v3 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 v3 has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690 v3. Also, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a significantly higher turbo speed.

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 E5-2690 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.