AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 10 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

6% slightly better overall score

4823 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6906 points

29% slightly better gaming score

5321 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4555 points

4658 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4415 points

4614 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4734 points

4806 points

1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

136.91 points

152.03 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

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

30% slightly higher clock speed

2.90 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

20% slightly more L2 cache

2.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

28% slightly more L3 cache

25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

336th of 1,089

363rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 3600X vs Xeon E5-2666 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2666 v3 performs better than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2666 v3 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2666 v3 has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2666 v3. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 3600X has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon E5-2666 v3. The Ryzen 5 3600X also has slightly more L3 cache.

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.