AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

Price

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$ 129.99

$ 26.00 slightly less expensive

$ 155.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4503 points

5073 points

12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6227 points

14% slightly better gaming score

5423 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3971 points

4932 points

24% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3849 points

4878 points

26% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.64 points

31% slightly higher Blender score

106.45 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7102 points

68% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4204 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1673 points

187% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

582 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7245 points

71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4225 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1728 points

191% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

593 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

25% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

36% slightly lower TDP

130 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

405th of 1,118

357th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

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 E5-2690 v2 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2690 v2 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 Xeon E5-2690 v2 has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3600XT has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600XT. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690 v2. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600XT CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 v2 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.