Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U

Compare Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2675 points
3137 points
17% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4187 points
4530 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2229 points
2722 points
22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2142 points
2633 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

65.17 points
86.82 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3756 points
5816 points
54% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1192 points
1691 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
69% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4.5 GHz
18% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

80 W
15 W
433% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

598th of 1,089
519th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E3 v3 Family
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2023 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E3-1231 v3 beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U has significantly more cores than the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E3-1231 v3. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1231 v3. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E3-1231 v3 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U.

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 Xeon E3-1231 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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