Intel Xeon X5670 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500H

Compare Intel Xeon 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 4 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

3118 points
3827 points
22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4250 points
6332 points
48% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2751 points
3095 points
12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2664 points
2970 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

51.81 points
78.11 points
50% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2310 points
4230 points
83% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

491 points
1535 points
212% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.93 GHz
3.30 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.33 GHz
4.2 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
45 W
111% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
2 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

522nd of 1,089
450th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2010 February
2023 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR4-3200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Xeon X5670 vs Ryzen 5 5500H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500H is faster than the Xeon X5670. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5670 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon X5670 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500H that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5670. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500H outputs less heat than Xeon X5670 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500H has slightly more L2 cache than the Xeon X5670. Despite this, the Xeon X5670 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 5500H.

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 X5670 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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