Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Compare Intel 18 core CPU vs AMD 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

17% slightly better overall score

5521 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5724 points

8044 points

40% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6803 points

42% slightly better multitasking score

4773 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6991 points

51% significantly better heavy workload score

4617 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6829 points

30% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5215 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

231.70 points

45% significantly higher Blender score

159.49 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8186 points

9444 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1134 points

2354 points

107% 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

291st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs Ryzen 5 8500G comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 8500G performs better than the Xeon E5-2696 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2696 v3 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2696 v3 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2696 v3 has 18 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8500G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G.

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.