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Xeon E5540 vs Ryzen 9 5950X

Xeon E5540 vs Ryzen 9 5950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5950X outperforms Xeon E5540 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5950X is 4238 days newer than Xeon E5540.

Advantages of Xeon E5540

  • Consumes up to 24% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - 80 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5950X

  • Performs up to 17% better in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds than Xeon E5540 - 317 vs 272 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E5540 - 32 vs 8 threads
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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Xeon E5540 Logo
Xeon E5540

Server/Workstation • Mar 30th, 2009


FPS

272

86%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

317

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.09/FPS

100%

Price, $

$345

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-thread unlocked desktop processor

Buy for $345 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 230 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Xeon E5540 Logo
Xeon E5540

Server/Workstation • Mar 30th, 2009

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5540 Logo
Xeon E5540

Server/Workstation • Mar 30th, 2009


Single-Core

371

17%

Multi-Core

1553

13%

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2189

100%

Multi-Core

12159

100%

Intel Xeon E5540 Logo

Xeon E5540

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo

Ryzen 9 5950X

Mar 30th, 2009Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
XeonCollectionRyzen 9
Nehalem-EPCodenameVermeer
Intel Socket 1366SocketAMD Socket AM4
Server
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
16
8Threads
32
2.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.4 GHz
2.8 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.9 GHz
80 W
TDP105 W
45 nmProcess Size
7 nm
19.0xMultiplier
34.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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