AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2470 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2470 v2

Price

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$ 99.99

$ 1864.71 significantly less expensive

$ 1964.70

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5119 points

5777 points

12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6906 points

57% significantly better gaming score

4385 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4555 points

6307 points

38% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4415 points

6615 points

49% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

136.91 points

38% slightly higher Blender score

98.72 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6958 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5077 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1612 points

182% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

570 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points

124% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3155 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1665 points

249% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

477 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

58% significantly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

37% slightly higher turbo speed

3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

Identical

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

336th of 1,089

270th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2014 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 3600X vs Xeon E5-2470 v2 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3600X is faster than the Xeon E5-2470 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2470 v2 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2470 v2 has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3600X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2470 v2. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.