AMD Ryzen 5 2500X vs Intel Xeon X5690

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen 5 2500X and Intel Xeon X5690. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

968Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score630
3630Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score3595
9407PassMark CPU Mark Rating6913
2319PassMark Single Thread Rating1600
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score4946

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen 5 2500XProcessorIntel Xeon X5690
3600 MHzFrequency3470 MHz
4000 MHzMaximum Frequency3730 MHz
4Cores6
8Threads12
65 WTDP130 W
Pinnacle RidgeCodenameWestmere-EP
Socket AM4 (1331)PackageSocket 1366 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

962Single-Core Score626
3720Multi-Core Score5372
Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemmacOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H1323)
Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7A36ModelMacPro5,1
Model IDMacPro5,1
Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. A320M PRO-E (MS-7A36)MotherboardApple Inc. Mac-F221BEC8
AMD Ryzen BalancedPower Plan

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen 5 2500XNameIntel Xeon X5690
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology2 Processors, 12 Cores, 24 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 8 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
4.00 GHzBase Frequency3.46 GHz
3.95 GHzMaximum Frequency
Socket AM4 (1331)Package
Pinnacle RidgeCodename
64.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 6
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 6
512 KB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 6
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache12.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize128.00 GB
1199 MHzFrequency
Transfer Rate1333 MT/s
DDR4 SDRAMTypeDDR3
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

962Single-Core Score626
1959Crypto Score590
844Integer Score612
1050Floating Point Score 663
1959
3.34 GB/sec
AES-XTS590
1.00 GB/sec
782
3.96 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)854
4.32 MB/sec
1049
49.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression634
30.0 Mpixels/sec
778
2.19 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)633
1.79 MTE/sec
766
899.6 KElements/sec
HTML5572
671.5 KElements/sec
740
231.8 Krows/sec
SQLite583
182.7 Krows/sec
901
48.9 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering619
33.6 Mpixels/sec
779
248.3 KB/sec
Text Rendering484
154.2 KB/sec
817
6.36 Klines/sec
Clang582
4.53 Klines/sec
1046
12.1 images/sec
Camera600
6.95 images/sec
684
855.3 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics552
690.6 Kpairs/sec
1018
6309.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics846
5242.1 FPS
1314
72.2 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur506
27.8 Mpixels/sec
943
7.26 images/sec
Face Detection666
5.13 images/sec
1013
25.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection642
15.8 Mpixels/sec
1626
79.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1168
57.3 Mpixels/sec
1790
24.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR1136
15.5 Mpixels/sec
1265
1.02 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing719
577.4 Kpixels/sec
850
7.62 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion496
4.44 Kpixels/sec
856
27.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition794
25.4 Words/sec
731
28.2 images/sec
Machine Learning289
11.2 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3720Multi-Core Score5372
5113Crypto Score2499
3506Integer Score5417
3952Floating Point Score 5752
5113
8.72 GB/sec
AES-XTS2499
4.26 GB/sec
3425
17.3 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)10014
50.6 MB/sec
4963
234.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression7673
363.0 Mpixels/sec
2236
6.31 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2172
6.13 MTE/sec
3563
4.18 MElements/sec
HTML57099
8.34 MElements/sec
3551
1.11 Mrows/sec
SQLite7600
2.38 Mrows/sec
3958
214.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering4301
233.4 Mpixels/sec
3019
961.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering3037
967.6 KB/sec
3811
29.7 Klines/sec
Clang7591
59.1 Klines/sec
3658
42.4 images/sec
Camera4496
52.1 images/sec
2990
3.74 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics5518
6.90 Mpairs/sec
5296
32813.5 FPS
Rigid Body Physics12621
78193.0 FPS
4002
220.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur6811
374.4 Mpixels/sec
3985
30.7 images/sec
Face Detection9021
69.5 images/sec
3967
97.8 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection5189
127.9 Mpixels/sec
5828
285.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting7422
364.1 Mpixels/sec
7867
107.2 Mpixels/sec
HDR9829
133.9 Mpixels/sec
6099
4.90 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing9790
7.86 Mpixels/sec
3633
32.5 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion5264
47.2 Kpixels/sec
2024
64.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2256
72.1 Words/sec
1783
68.9 images/sec
Machine Learning1210
46.8 images/sec