AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs Intel Xeon E5-1660

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 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

3069 points

3673 points

19% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4852 points

4854 points

0.04% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2533 points

3294 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2427 points

3198 points

31% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

67.00 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

65.07 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3526 points

4536 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1224 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

761 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3621 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3040 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1212 points

96% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

618 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.3 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

3.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

766% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

530th of 1,089

465th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December

2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 3 5300U vs Xeon E5-1660 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 5300U is faster than the Xeon E5-1660. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1660 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-1660 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 5300U. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1660 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 5300U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 5300U. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-1660 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 5300U. Also, the Xeon E5-1660 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 5300U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1660 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 5300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.