AMD Ryzen 3 1300X vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3

Price

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$ 249.99

$ 189.95

$ 60.04 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2517 points

3996 points

58% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4619 points

9% slightly better gaming score

4213 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1924 points

3900 points

102% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1846 points

3849 points

108% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

48.09 points

129.03 points

168% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3018 points

5920 points

96% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1039 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

975 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3124 points

5959 points

90% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

985 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

400% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

34% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

61% significantly lower TDP

105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

624th of 1,089

436th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 3 1300X vs Xeon E5-2660 v3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2660 v3 is faster than the Ryzen 3 1300X. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 1300X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2660 v3 has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 1300X has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 1300X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 1300X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2660 v3. Also, the Ryzen 3 1300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 1300X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2660 v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Ryzen 3 1300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.