Intel Xeon E5-2690 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5625U

Compare Intel Xeon E5 Family 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 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

4263 points
1% slightly better overall score
4185 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5047 points
5956 points
18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3997 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
3648 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3919 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
3528 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

73.79 points
101.12 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3487 points
5479 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

586 points
1585 points
170% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4.3 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

135 W
15 W
800% 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

413th of 1,089
421st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 Family
Ryzen 5 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February
2022 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Xeon E5-2690 vs Ryzen 5 5625U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5625U beats the Xeon E5-2690 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2690 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2690 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5625U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5625U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5625U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5625U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5625U outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2690 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 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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