AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 339.99
$ 75.03 slightly less expensive
$ 415.02

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6549 points
19% slightly better overall score
5502 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points
49% significantly better gaming score
5267 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6111 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
5565 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5988 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
5563 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6209 points
5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5872 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.59 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
165.47 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9081 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6942 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1720 points
70% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1009 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8236 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7090 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 points
58% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1072 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
28% slightly lower TDP
135 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

218th of 1,089
294th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 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 7 3800X vs Xeon E5-2690 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3800X performs better than the Xeon E5-2690 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2690 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2690 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 3800X that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3800X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690 v3. Also, the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3800X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 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 7 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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