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Xeon E3-1280 v5 vs Ryzen 9 5900X

Xeon E3-1280 v5 vs Ryzen 9 5900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms Xeon E3-1280 v5 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 1844 days newer than Xeon E3-1280 v5.

Advantages of Xeon E3-1280 v5

  • Consumes up to 24% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 80 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900X

  • Performs up to 4% better in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Xeon E3-1280 v5 - 225 vs 216 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 - 24 vs 8 threads
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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 Logo
Xeon E3-1280 v5

Server/Workstation • Oct 19th, 2015


FPS

216

96%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

225

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.29/FPS

100%

Price, $

$290

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

Buy for $290 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 154 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 Logo
Xeon E3-1280 v5

Server/Workstation • Oct 19th, 2015

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 Logo
Xeon E3-1280 v5

Server/Workstation • Oct 19th, 2015


Single-Core

1307

60%

Multi-Core

4432

37%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

11883

100%

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 Logo

Xeon E3-1280 v5

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo

Ryzen 9 5900X

Oct 19th, 2015Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Xeon E3CollectionRyzen 9
SkylakeCodenameVermeer
Intel Socket 1151SocketAMD Socket AM4
Server
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
12
8Threads
24
3.7 GHzBase Clock Speed3.7 GHz
4.0 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.8 GHz
80 W
TDP105 W
14 nmProcess Size
7 nm
37.0xMultiplier37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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