AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Xeon E3-1220 v5 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3500U beats the Xeon E3-1220 v5 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1220 v5 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 3500U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1220 v5 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1220 v5 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 3500U has significantly more L2 cache than the Xeon E3-1220 v5. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1220 v5 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 3500U.

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 3500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.