AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2740 points

2% slightly better overall score

2675 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

20% slightly better gaming score

4187 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

2229 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

2142 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

65.17 points

72% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points

3858 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points

1168 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

3756 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1192 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

23% slightly lower TDP

80 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

581st of 1,089

598th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 3 2300X vs Xeon E3-1231 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 2300X is faster than the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1231 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Also, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2300X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1231 v3 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Ryzen 3 2300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.