AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Xeon E3-1220 v5 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1600 performs better than the Xeon E3-1220 v5. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1220 v5 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 1600 has significantly more cores than the Xeon E3-1220 v5. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E3-1220 v5. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1220 v5. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1220 v5. Also, the Ryzen 5 1600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1600 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1220 v5 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has significantly more L2 cache than the Xeon E3-1220 v5. The Ryzen 5 1600 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.