AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6342. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q3/2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Released
Q2/2021
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Intel Xeon Gold 6342
Intel Xeon Gold 6342

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 3600X or Intel Xeon Gold 6342? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X has a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 95 W. Released in Q3/2019.

Intel Xeon Gold 6342 has a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. 24 Cores. Power consumption of 230 W. Released in Q2/2021.

Differences

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

    (based on several benchmarks)

    509 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 26% better clock speed

    3.80 GHz left arrow 2.80 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 20% better overclocked clock speed

    4.40 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    95 W left arrow 230 W

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    181 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    175 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    146 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    178 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    115 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    184 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    344 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    397 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    40 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    129 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1305 place
  • More number of cores

    About 4 times more cores

    24 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Gold 6342 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    35 place
  • Blender 3.1 Benchmark
    2 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Intel Xeon Gold 6342 Intel Xeon Gold 6342
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 3
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 3000 left arrow Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X left arrow --
  • Successor
    AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 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
    3.80 GHz left arrow 2.80 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 24
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.40 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 48
  • 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 Gold 6342 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 6144 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 8
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 4.0
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 64
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3600X and Intel Xeon Gold 6342 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    95 W left arrow 230 W
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3600X and AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, 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 36.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Matisse (Zen 2) left arrow Ice Lake
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 4189
  • Release date
    Q3/2019 left arrow Q2/2021

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 3600X and Intel Xeon Gold 6342.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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