Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare Intel 18 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6495 points

9% slightly better overall score

5931 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5724 points

7969 points

39% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6803 points

29% slightly better multitasking score

5267 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6991 points

37% slightly better heavy workload score

5102 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6829 points

25% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5451 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

231.70 points

63% significantly higher Blender score

141.88 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7392 points

7589 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1060 points

1833 points

72% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8186 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7653 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1134 points

1872 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

200% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

145 W

65 W

123% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

221st of 1,089

256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs Ryzen 5 5500 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2696 v3 performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2696 v3 has significantly more cores with 18 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500. The Ryzen 5 5500 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2696 v3 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 E5-2696 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.