AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 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

2777 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

17% slightly better gaming score

4309 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

2303 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

2209 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

65.44 points

73% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3009 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

883 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

4033 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1125 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

Identical

3.5 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

115% significantly lower TDP

140 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

576th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

2016 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1600

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 v4 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-1620 v4 is faster than the Ryzen 3 2300X. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 2300X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon E5-1620 v4 has more threads. Both the Ryzen 3 2300X and Xeon E5-1620 v4 have the same clock speed. 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 v4 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.