AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Xeon E5-2660

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 8 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
3233 points
17% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points
31% slightly better gaming score
3840 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points
3029 points
44% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points
2968 points
47% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points
60.42 points
59% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points
4080 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points
84% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
538 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2763 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points
165% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
457 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
16
300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
59% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 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

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

581st of 1,089
507th 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

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 3 2300X vs Xeon E5-2660 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2660 beats the Ryzen 3 2300X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 2300X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2660 has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 2300X has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 2300X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2660. Also, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2300X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2660 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Ryzen 3 2300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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