Intel Xeon E5-2690 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G

Compare Intel Xeon E5 Family 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3000 Series Desktop 4 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
10% slightly better overall score
3871 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5047 points
5312 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3997 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
3476 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3919 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
3483 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

73.79 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
53.55 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.8 GHz
31% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4 GHz
5% 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

413th of 1,089
447th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 Family
Ryzen 5 PRO 3000 Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February
2020 July

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 PRO 3350G comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2690 beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2690 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690.

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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