AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4

Price

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$ 99.99

$ 825.01 significantly less expensive

$ 925.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5119 points

3% slightly better overall score

4938 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6906 points

12% slightly better gaming score

6135 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4555 points

0.40% slightly better multitasking score

4537 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4415 points

4433 points

0.41% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

136.91 points

138.59 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6958 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6681 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1612 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1125 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6682 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1665 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1174 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

18% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

42% slightly lower TDP

135 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

354th 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 E5-2667 v4 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3600X beats the Xeon E5-2667 v4 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2667 v4 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2667 v4 has slightly more cores with 8 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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2667 v4. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2667 v4 CPU because of its slightly 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.