AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Xeon E3-1240 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4307 points

60% significantly better overall score

2685 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5864 points

41% slightly better gaming score

4156 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3810 points

69% significantly better multitasking score

2246 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points

70% significantly better heavy workload score

2159 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.40 points

50% significantly higher Blender score

69.40 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4930 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3742 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1138 points

1145 points

0.62% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4754 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3690 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points

1181 points

3% 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

3.6 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

80 W

18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

409th of 1,089

594th 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 1600X vs Xeon E3-1240 v3 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1600X performs better than the Xeon E3-1240 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1240 v3 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 1600X has significantly more cores than the Xeon E3-1240 v3. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E3-1240 v3. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1240 v3. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1240 v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 1600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E3-1240 v3 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1600X thanks to a 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 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.