AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 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

4057 points

5940 points

46% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points

22% slightly better gaming score

5278 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points

6174 points

87% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points

6288 points

98% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points

163.08 points

91% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5320 points

6648 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1456 points

54% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

941 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points

6340 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

996 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

44% significantly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

24% slightly higher turbo speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

84% significantly lower TDP

120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

430th of 1,089

254th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 3500 vs Xeon E5-2680 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2680 v3 performs better than the Ryzen 5 3500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2680 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v3. A Ryzen 5 3500 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.