AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 12 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

5409 points

20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6227 points

16% slightly better gaming score

5325 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3971 points

5414 points

36% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3849 points

5392 points

40% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4889 points

7650 points

56% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.64 points

164.10 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7102 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6377 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1673 points

73% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

967 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7245 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6701 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1728 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1012 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

26% slightly lower TDP

120 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

389th of 1,089

303rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Xeon E5-2678 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600XT performs better than the Xeon E5-2678 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2678 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3600XT has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600XT. A Ryzen 5 3600XT CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2678 v3 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 3600XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.