AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3

Price

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$ 129.99

$ 99.96 significantly less expensive

$ 229.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4503 points

4611 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6227 points

11% slightly better gaming score

5571 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3971 points

4299 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3849 points

4207 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7102 points

76% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4013 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1673 points

92% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

871 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7245 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4512 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1728 points

51% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1142 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

21% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

42% slightly lower TDP

135 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

389th of 1,089

379th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

2014 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 3600XT vs Xeon E5-2637 v3 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2637 v3 performs better than the Ryzen 5 3600XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 3600XT has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Xeon E5-2637 v3 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2637 v3. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2637 v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600XT CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2637 v3 CPU because of its slightly 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.