AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
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AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q4/2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
Released
Q1/2020
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Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 3500X or Intel Xeon Gold 6226R? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q4/2019.

Intel Xeon Gold 6226R has a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. 16 Cores. Power consumption of 150 W. Released in Q1/2020.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    470 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 19% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 2.90 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 5% better overclocked clock speed

    4.10 GHz left arrow 3.90 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 150 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 3500X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    203 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    232 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    179 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    279 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    384 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    502 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    62 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    350 place
  • More number of cores

    About 2.67 times more cores

    16 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Gold 6226R CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    3 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Xeon Gold
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 2
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 3000 left arrow Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 5 2500X left arrow --
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.60 GHz left arrow 2.90 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 16
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.10 GHz left arrow 3.90 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    6 left arrow 32
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6226R and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 1024 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 6
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 48
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and Intel Xeon Gold 6226R to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 150 W
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L3-Cache
    32.00 MB left arrow 22.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Matisse (Zen 2) left arrow Cascade Lake
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 3647
  • Release date
    Q4/2019 left arrow Q1/2020

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and Intel Xeon Gold 6226R.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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