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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q3/2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Released
Q4/2015
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Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q3/2019.

Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 has a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 80 W. Released in Q4/2015.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    340 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 3% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 times more cores

    6 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 7% better overclocked clock speed

    4.20 GHz left arrow 3.90 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 80 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    212 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    185 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    183 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    191 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    141 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    195 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    369 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    409 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    39 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    127 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    297 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    564 left arrow score

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    287 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    359 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    539 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    628 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    65 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    216 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    49 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    178 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    501 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
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 E3
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 5
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 3000 left arrow Intel Xeon E3 v5
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600 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 3.50 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.20 GHz left arrow 3.90 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 8
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes 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 E3-1240 v5 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4-2133
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 16
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 80 W
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 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
  • L3-Cache
    32.00 MB left arrow 8.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Matisse (Zen 2) left arrow Skylake S
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1151
  • Release date
    Q3/2019 left arrow Q4/2015

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
197
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
168
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
1578
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
821
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1183
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
996
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
6821
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
3917
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
17877
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
11033
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5

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