AMD Ryzen 3 1300X vs Intel Xeon X5670

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 249.99
$ 88.88
$ 161.11 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2517 points
3118 points
23% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4619 points
8% slightly better gaming score
4250 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1924 points
2751 points
42% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1846 points
2664 points
44% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

48.09 points
51.81 points
7% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3018 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2417 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1039 points
121% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
470 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3124 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2310 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points
124% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
491 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed
2.93 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
3.33 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
3
49% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

624th of 1,089
522nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1066

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 X5670 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 1300X is faster than the Xeon X5670. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5670 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon X5670 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 1300X. Indeed, the Xeon X5670 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 1300X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 1300X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 1300X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5670. Also, the Ryzen 3 1300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 1300X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5670 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 3 1300X has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon X5670. Despite this, the Xeon X5670 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 1300X.

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.

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