AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Xeon W-2135

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

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Intel Xeon W-2135

Price

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$ 99.99

$ 427.29 significantly less expensive

$ 527.28

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5119 points

5166 points

0.92% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6906 points

7095 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4555 points

0.31% slightly better multitasking score

4541 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4415 points

0.50% slightly better heavy workload score

4393 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

136.91 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

110.04 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6958 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6662 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1612 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1386 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6531 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1665 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1405 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

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4.5 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

47% significantly lower TDP

140 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

331st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon W

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

DDR4-1600

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 W-2135 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon W-2135 is faster than the Ryzen 5 3600X. 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 W-2135. Despite this, the Xeon W-2135 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2135 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.