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Xeon E5-2660 vs Ryzen 9 5950X

Xeon E5-2660 vs Ryzen 9 5950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5950X outperforms Xeon E5-2660 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5950X is 3166 days newer than Xeon E5-2660.

Advantages of Xeon E5-2660

  • Consumes up to 10% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - 95 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5950X

  • Performs up to 22% better in FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker than Xeon E5-2660 - 273 vs 223 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E5-2660 - 32 vs 16 threads
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FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker

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Intel Xeon E5-2660 Logo
Xeon E5-2660

Server/Workstation • Mar 6th, 2012


FPS

223

82%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

273

100%

Value, €/FPS

€3.74/FPS

100%

Price, €

€1020.3

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16C/32T 3.40-4.90GHz AM4 tray - 100-000000059

Buy for 1,020.3 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 65 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Intel Xeon E5-2660 Logo
Xeon E5-2660

Server/Workstation • Mar 6th, 2012

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-2660 Logo
Xeon E5-2660

Server/Workstation • Mar 6th, 2012


Single-Core

442

20%

Multi-Core

2635

22%

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2189

100%

Multi-Core

12159

100%

Intel Xeon E5-2660 Logo

Xeon E5-2660

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo

Ryzen 9 5950X

Mar 6th, 2012Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Xeon E5CollectionRyzen 9
Sandy Bridge-EPCodenameVermeer
Intel Socket 2011SocketAMD Socket AM4
Server
Segment
Desktop
8Cores
16
16Threads
32
2.2 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.4 GHz
3.0 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.9 GHz
95 W
TDP105 W
32 nmProcess Size
7 nm
22.0xMultiplier
34.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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