Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s

Compare Intel 12 core CPU vs AMD 32 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5409 points

12880 points

138% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5325 points

7990 points

50% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5414 points

14704 points

171% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5392 points

15750 points

192% significantly better heavy workload score

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Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.10 points

689.14 points

319% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

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303rd of 1,089

44th of 1,089

Xeon E5-2678 v3 vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s is faster than the Xeon E5-2678 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2678 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s has significantly more cores with 32 cores compared to the Xeon E5-2678 v3 that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2678 v3.

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 E5-2678 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.