Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 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

5922 points
2% slightly better overall score
5757 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5151 points
7870 points
52% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6183 points
22% slightly better multitasking score
5067 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6280 points
28% slightly better heavy workload score
4903 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

192.94 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
144.95 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
133% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
133% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.00 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

145 W
105 W
38% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

266th of 1,104
282nd of 1,104

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR4

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Xeon E5-2697 v3 vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2697 v3 performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2697 v3 has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2697 v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500X3D outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2697 v3 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2697 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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