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Xeon E5-2680 vs Ryzen 9 5900X

Xeon E5-2680 vs Ryzen 9 5900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms Xeon E5-2680 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 3166 days newer than Xeon E5-2680.

Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

  • Performs up to 13% better in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II than Xeon E5-2680 - 217 vs 192 FPS
  • Consumes up to 19% less energy than Intel Xeon E5-2680 - 105 vs 130 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E5-2680 - 24 vs 16 threads
This is a free version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Intel Xeon E5-2680 Logo
Xeon E5-2680

Server/Workstation • Mar 6th, 2012


FPS

192

88%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

217

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.12/FPS

100%

Price, €

€242.21

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Processore AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (12C/24T, 70 MB di cache, fino a 4,8 GHz Max Boost)

Buy for 242.21 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 116 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Intel Xeon E5-2680 Logo
Xeon E5-2680

Server/Workstation • Mar 6th, 2012

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-2680 Logo
Xeon E5-2680

Server/Workstation • Mar 6th, 2012


Single-Core

542

25%

Multi-Core

3336

28%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

11883

100%

Intel Xeon E5-2680 Logo

Intel Xeon E5-2680

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Mar 6th, 2012Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Xeon E5CollectionRyzen 9
Sandy Bridge-EPCodenameVermeer
Intel Socket 2011SocketAMD Socket AM4
Server
Segment
Desktop
8Cores
12
16Threads
24
2.7 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
3.5 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.8 GHz
130 WTDP
105 W
32 nmProcess Size
7 nm
27.0xMultiplier
37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

PC Builds Using Xeon E5-2680 or Ryzen 9 5900X

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, 1920 x 1080, Extreme

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