AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Compare AMD 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

4161 points

5409 points

29% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points

23% slightly better gaming score

5325 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points

5414 points

59% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points

5392 points

65% significantly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3860 points

7650 points

98% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points

164.10 points

91% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5905 points

6377 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1536 points

58% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

967 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5889 points

6701 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points

55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1012 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

300% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

84% significantly lower TDP

120 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

423rd of 1,089

303rd of 1,089

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Xeon E5-2678 v3 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 beats the Ryzen 5 3500X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500X 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 3500X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500X. A Ryzen 5 3500X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2678 v3 CPU because of its significantly 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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.