AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Xeon E5-2689

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 129.99
$ 109.95
$ 20.04 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4503 points
6% slightly better overall score
4209 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6227 points
27% slightly better gaming score
4875 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3971 points
3976 points
0.13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3849 points
3900 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.64 points
77% significantly higher Blender score
78.82 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

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
21% slightly lower TDP
115 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

389th of 1,089
418th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Xeon E5-2689 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600XT performs better than the Xeon E5-2689. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2689 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2689 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3600XT. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2689 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3600XT. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600XT. A Ryzen 5 3600XT CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2689 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.

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