AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 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

19% slightly better overall score

2286 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

40% slightly better gaming score

3603 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

1895 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

1822 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

49.31 points

30% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2305 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

633 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2380 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

88% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

645 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

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

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

100% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

581st of 1,089

665th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 3 2300X vs Xeon E5-1620 v2 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 2300X performs better than the Xeon E5-1620 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1620 v2 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 2300X. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2300X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1620 v2 CPU because of its significantly 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.