Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 16 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

6109 points

6219 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5454 points

8422 points

54% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6350 points

15% slightly better multitasking score

5518 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6447 points

20% slightly better heavy workload score

5343 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3.90 GHz

69% 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

135 W

65 W

107% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

262nd 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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2698 v3 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G beats the Xeon E5-2698 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2698 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2698 v3 has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2698 v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2698 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 E5-2698 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.