AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Xeon X5680

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

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 129.99
$ 17.99 slightly less expensive
$ 147.98

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4503 points
4570 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6227 points
38% slightly better gaming score
4503 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3971 points
4578 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3849 points
4568 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.64 points
147% significantly higher Blender score
56.43 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7102 points
174% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2584 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1673 points
212% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
535 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7245 points
192% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2476 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1728 points
224% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
532 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed
3.33 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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
14528% significantly more L2 cache
0.02 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
3100% significantly more L3 cache
1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

389th of 1,089
383rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
2010 February

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 X5680 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600XT performs better than the Xeon X5680. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5680 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5680. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600XT CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5680 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon X5680. The Ryzen 5 3600XT also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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