AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

Compare AMD 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 130.00

$ 105.77

$ 24.23 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4161 points

4438 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points

36% slightly better gaming score

4819 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points

4302 points

26% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points

4265 points

31% slightly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Ryzen 5 3500X and the Xeon E5-2680 v2? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points

100.42 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5905 points

48% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3964 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1536 points

179% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

549 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5889 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3854 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points

179% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

563 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

233% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

28% slightly higher clock speed

2.8 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

76% significantly lower TDP

115 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

423rd of 1,089

396th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Xeon E5-2680 v2 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2680 v2 performs better than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2680 v2 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2680 v2 has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3500X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3500X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v2. Also, the Ryzen 5 3500X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 v2 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.