AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 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 E5-2680 v2

Price

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$ 229.99

$ 105.77

$ 124.22 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8422 points

89% significantly better overall score

4438 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8440 points

75% significantly better gaming score

4819 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8406 points

95% significantly better multitasking score

4302 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8392 points

96% significantly better heavy workload score

4265 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

276.80 points

175% significantly higher Blender score

100.42 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9929 points

150% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3964 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1667 points

203% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

549 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9907 points

157% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3854 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1704 points

202% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

563 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz

35% slightly higher clock speed

2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

27% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

9% slightly lower TDP

115 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

131st of 1,092

399th of 1,092

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 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 9 3900X vs Xeon E5-2680 v2 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 3900X beats the Xeon E5-2680 v2 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2680 v2 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 3900X has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Xeon E5-2680 v2 has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2680 v2. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 3900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v2. Also, the Ryzen 9 3900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 3900X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 v2 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.