AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Xeon E5-2640

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 6 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

2849 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

32% slightly better gaming score

3820 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

2537 points

21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

2462 points

22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

47.31 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points

3360 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points

77% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

558 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2265 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

169% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

450 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

39% slightly higher clock speed

2.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

40% slightly higher turbo speed

3 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

100% 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

15 MiB

87% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

581st of 1,089

560th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

2012 February

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 E5-2640 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2640 is faster than the Ryzen 3 2300X. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 2300X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2640 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 2300X has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 2300X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2640. Also, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2300X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2640 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 3 2300X has more L2 cache than the Xeon E5-2640. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2640 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 2300X.

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.