AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6128

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

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Intel Xeon Gold 6128

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 99.99

$ 110.70 significantly less expensive

$ 210.69

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5173 points

6872 points

32% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7017 points

6% slightly better gaming score

6615 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4589 points

7015 points

52% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4446 points

7122 points

60% significantly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Ryzen 5 3600X and the Xeon Gold 6128? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

136.91 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

118.73 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6958 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6014 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1612 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1194 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6063 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1665 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1178 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

18% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

21% slightly lower TDP

115 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

200% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

343rd of 1,120

214th of 1,120

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2666

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 Gold 6128 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon Gold 6128 beats the Ryzen 5 3600X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6128. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6128 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.