Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

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We compared the desktop Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3 with 14 cores 2.6GHz and the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X with 6 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (35MB vs 32MB)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2133)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Lower TDP (65W vs 145W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3

1129

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +92%

2173

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3

7221

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +26%

9138

Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Oct 2020

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Server

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

No

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

-

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

-

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AM4

145 W

Power Consumption

65 W

77 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

Intel

Foundry

-

356 mm²

Die Size

-

FC-LGA12A

Package

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

6

-

Performance Core Threads

12

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

14

Total Core Count

6

28

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

37x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

35 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

2

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

-

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

3

PCIe Version

4.0

40

PCIe Lanes

20

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