AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Xeon E5-1660 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4503 points
4751 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6227 points
7% slightly better gaming score
5819 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3971 points
4397 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3849 points
4304 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.64 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
132.21 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7102 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6895 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1673 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
900 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7245 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6435 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1728 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1161 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
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

4.5 GHz
18% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
47% significantly lower TDP
140 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

389th of 1,089
369th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
2016 May

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 3600XT vs Xeon E5-1660 v4 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-1660 v4 performs better than the Ryzen 5 3600XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-1660 v4 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 3600XT that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600XT. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-1660 v4. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600XT CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1660 v4 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 3600XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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