AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 12 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

5409 points

25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5864 points

10% slightly better gaming score

5325 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3810 points

5414 points

42% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points

5392 points

46% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3469 points

7650 points

120% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.40 points

164.10 points

57% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4930 points

6377 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1138 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

967 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4754 points

6701 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1012 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

26% slightly lower TDP

120 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

409th of 1,089

303rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Xeon E5-2678 v3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 is faster than the Ryzen 5 1600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 1600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1600X. A Ryzen 5 1600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2678 v3 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.