AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

Price

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$ 97.99

$ 101.27 significantly less expensive

$ 199.26

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4307 points

4392 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5864 points

9% slightly better gaming score

5377 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3810 points

4064 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points

3979 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.40 points

148.95 points

42% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4930 points

8091 points

64% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1138 points

1373 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4754 points

7100 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points

1291 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

47% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

409th of 1,089

401st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1333

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 E5-1660 v3 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1600X performs better than the Xeon E5-1660 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1660 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-1660 v3 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 1600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-1660 v3. A Ryzen 5 1600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1660 v3 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 5 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.