AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Xeon X5680

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 6 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
4570 points
12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points
44% significantly better gaming score
4503 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points
4578 points
38% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points
4568 points
44% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points
50% significantly higher Blender score
56.43 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5320 points
105% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2584 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1456 points
172% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
535 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points
118% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2476 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points
185% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
532 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
3.33 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
100% significantly lower TDP
130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
3
49% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
14528% significantly more L2 cache
0.02 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
1500% significantly more L3 cache
1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

430th of 1,089
383rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1066

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 X5680 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3500 performs better than the Xeon X5680. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5680 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon X5680 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3500 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon X5680. A Ryzen 5 3500 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5680 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500 has significantly more L2 cache than the Xeon X5680. The Ryzen 5 3500 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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