AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 16 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

61% significantly better overall score

2515 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points

39% slightly better gaming score

4643 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points

71% significantly better multitasking score

1920 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points

71% significantly better heavy workload score

1844 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points

260.30 points

205% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points

9626 points

77% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1351 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

433% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

24% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

130% significantly lower TDP

150 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

200% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

439th of 1,105

635th of 1,105

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2933

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 Gold 6226R benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon Gold 6226R performs better than the Ryzen 5 3500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon Gold 6226R has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3500. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6226R has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3500. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6226R. A Ryzen 5 3500 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6226R 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.