AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 6 / Nov 2020
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
2800 MHz / Cores: 10 / Sep 2013
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    190%
  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    241%
  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    139%
  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 141% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 39% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
50 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 90% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

None

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
Intel VT-x
Intel VT-d
AES-NI
EPT
ECC

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2
ArchitectureAMD Zen 3vsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsServer
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR3
CodenameVermeervsIvy Bridge-EP
Release DateNov 2020vsSep 2013

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2
Cores6vs10
Threads12vs20
SMPs1vs2
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache32MBvs25600 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2011
Max Case Temp95°Cvsunknown
Packagevs
Die Sizeunknownvs160mm²
Process7 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs2800 MHz
Turbo Clock4600 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP65 Wvs115 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    5520 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
    3708 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    32500 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
    34608 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (simulated)
    260.67
  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (simulated)
    108

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (simulated)
    1863
  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (simulated)
    1339.51

points - higher is better