AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

Compare AMD 6 core CPU vs Intel 18 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

6495 points

56% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points

15% slightly better gaming score

5724 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points

6803 points

100% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points

6991 points

114% significantly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3860 points

6829 points

76% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points

231.70 points

169% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5905 points

7392 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1536 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1060 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5889 points

8186 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1134 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

499% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

123% significantly lower TDP

145 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

423rd of 1,089

221st 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 E5-2696 v3 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2696 v3 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 E5-2696 v3 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2696 v3 has 18 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3500X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500X. A Ryzen 5 3500X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2696 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.