Intel Xeon E5-2660 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G

Compare Intel Xeon E5 Family 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics 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

3431 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3840 points

5471 points

42% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3029 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

2815 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2968 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

2700 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.42 points

75.50 points

24% slightly higher Blender 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

3.8 GHz

72% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz

4.2 GHz

40% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

65 W

46% 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

492nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 Family

Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February

2019 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2660 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G beats the Xeon E5-2660 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2660 in all gaming tests too.

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 5 PRO 3400G that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2660.

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