Intel Xeon E5-2660 vs AMD Ryzen 3 7320U

Compare Intel Xeon E5 Family 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 3 4 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

3233 points

11% slightly better overall score

2905 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3840 points

4530 points

17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3029 points

25% slightly better multitasking score

2414 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2968 points

28% slightly better heavy workload score

2315 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.42 points

41% slightly higher Blender score

42.57 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2763 points

3589 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

457 points

1176 points

157% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

2.40 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz

4.1 GHz

36% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

15 W

533% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

507th of 1,089

550th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 Family

Ryzen 3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February

2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2660 vs Ryzen 3 7320U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2660 performs better than the Ryzen 3 7320U. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 7320U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2660 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 7320U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 7320U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 7320U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2660.

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 E5-2660 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.