Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 14 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

5922 points
6219 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5151 points
8422 points
63% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6183 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
5518 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6280 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
5343 points

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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
3.90 GHz
50% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.4 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

145 W
65 W
123% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

273rd of 1,125
254th of 1,125

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family
Ryzen PRO 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2024 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Xeon E5-2697 v3 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G is faster than the Xeon E5-2697 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2697 v3 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2697 v3 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2697 v3 has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2697 v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2697 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 E5-2697 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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