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Xeon E5-1620 v3 vs Ryzen 5 5500

Xeon E5-1620 v3 vs Ryzen 5 5500: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 5 5500 outperforms Xeon E5-1620 v3 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 5500 is 2765 days newer than Xeon E5-1620 v3.

Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500

  • Performs up to 7% better in DOOM Eternal than Xeon E5-1620 v3 - 508 vs 475 FPS
  • Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 - 65 vs 140 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 - 12 vs 8 threads
This is a free version of DOOM Eternal.
DOOM Eternal

DOOM Eternal

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Nightmare

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 Logo
Xeon E5-1620 v3

Server/Workstation • Sep 8th, 2014


FPS

475

94%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo
Ryzen 5 5500

Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022


FPS

508

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.19/FPS

100%

Price, €

€98

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Amd Ryzen 5 5500 Retail Wraith Stealth, Nero, ‎4 X 4 X 0.6 Cm

Buy for 98 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 40 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Nightmare

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 Logo
Xeon E5-1620 v3

Server/Workstation • Sep 8th, 2014

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo
Ryzen 5 5500

Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 Logo
Xeon E5-1620 v3

Server/Workstation • Sep 8th, 2014


Single-Core

1078

58%

Multi-Core

3819

50%

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo
Ryzen 5 5500

Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022


Single-Core

1871

100%

Multi-Core

7692

100%

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 Logo

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Sep 8th, 2014Release Date
Apr 4th, 2022
Xeon E5CollectionRyzen 5
Haswell-E/EPCodenameVermeer
Intel Socket 2011-3SocketAMD Socket AM4
Server
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
6
8Threads
12
3.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.6 GHz
3.6 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.2 GHz
140 WTDP
65 W
22 nmProcess Size
7 nm
35.0xMultiplier
36.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

PC Builds Using Xeon E5-1620 v3 or Ryzen 5 5500

DOOM Eternal, 1920 x 1080, Nightmare

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