AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

Price

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$ 58.40

$ 220.10 significantly less expensive

$ 278.50

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4496 points

76% significantly better overall score

2545 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6035 points

53% significantly better gaming score

3940 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3997 points

87% significantly better multitasking score

2128 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3874 points

89% significantly better heavy workload score

2046 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3194 points

3667 points

14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.47 points

62% significantly higher Blender score

61.88 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4485 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3681 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1048 points

1126 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4641 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3699 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points

1160 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.2 GHz

3.3 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

3.7 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

23% slightly lower TDP

80 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

390th of 1,089

617th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Xeon E3-1230 v3 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1600 performs better than the Xeon E3-1230 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1230 v3 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 E3-1230 v3. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E3-1230 v3. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1230 v3. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1230 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 1600. Also, the Xeon E3-1230 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1600 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1230 v3 CPU because of its slightly 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 5 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.