Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G

Compare Intel 18 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 5000 Series 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
4% slightly better overall score
6219 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5724 points
8422 points
47% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6803 points
23% slightly better multitasking score
5518 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6991 points
30% slightly better heavy workload score
5343 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

18
200% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

36
200% significantly more threads
12

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

234th of 1,125
254th of 1,125

Family

The product line

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Ryzen PRO 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2024 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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No

Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2696 v3 is faster than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G 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 PRO 5655G that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G. The Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G 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.

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