AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 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

2874 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

8% slightly better gaming score

4648 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

2349 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

2254 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

65.90 points

74% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points

3825 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points

1137 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

3898 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

1225 points

0.91% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

Identical

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 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

602nd of 1,121

576th of 1,121

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

2013 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 E3-1270 v3 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E3-1270 v3 performs better than the Ryzen 3 2300X. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 2300X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Xeon E3-1270 v3 has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 3 2300X and Xeon E3-1270 v3 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2300X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1270 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.