AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 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

5119 points

2% slightly better overall score

4970 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6906 points

42% significantly better gaming score

4831 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4555 points

5013 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4415 points

5022 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

136.91 points

147.11 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6958 points

159% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2679 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1612 points

190% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

554 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points

130% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3070 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1665 points

151% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

661 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

72% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

51% significantly higher turbo speed

2.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

10% slightly lower TDP

105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

336th of 1,089

353rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1600

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 E5-2650 v4 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2650 v4 beats the Ryzen 5 3600X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 3600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3600X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600X has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 v4 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.