Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

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

3% slightly better overall score

6267 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5724 points

8333 points

45% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6803 points

21% slightly better multitasking score

5604 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6991 points

28% slightly better heavy workload score

5431 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6829 points

20% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5664 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

231.70 points

53% significantly higher Blender score

150.92 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7392 points

8330 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1060 points

1980 points

86% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8186 points

8600 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1134 points

2052 points

80% 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

237th 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 5600 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2696 v3 is faster than the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 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 5600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. The Ryzen 5 5600 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.

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