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Intel Xeon Gold 6138 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q3/2017
Intel Xeon Gold 6138
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2019-07-07
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Ryzen 5 3600

What's the best choice Intel Xeon Gold 6138 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600? Which processor is faster?

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

Intel Xeon Gold 6138 has a base frequency of 2.00 GHz. 20 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 125 W. Released in Q3/2017.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 has a base frequency of 3.6 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2019-07-07.

Differences

  • More number of cores

    14 more cores

    20 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Gold 6138 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    306 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    55 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    152 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    36 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    127 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    31 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    83 place
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    138 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 80% better clock speed

    3.6 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 14 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.2 GHz left arrow 3.70 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 125 W

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    169 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    160 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    147 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    167 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    115 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    186 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    259 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    255 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    39 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    59 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    178 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon Gold 6138 Intel Xeon Gold 6138
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 left arrow AMD Ryzen 3000
  • Family
    Intel Xeon Gold left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 3
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 5 2600
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 3000 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    2 GHz left arrow 3.6 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    20 left arrow 6
  • CPU Threads
    40 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.7 GHz left arrow 4.2 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (20 Cores)
    2.8 GHz left arrow -
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 4.2 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    - left arrow 4 GHz
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 None
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow -
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and Intel Xeon Gold 6138. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    6 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4
  • PCIe lanes
    48 left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 4.0
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 4.0 x16
  • System Memory Specification
    - left arrow 3200
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Gold 6138 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    - left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    125 W left arrow 65 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 65 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6138 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Skylake left arrow Matisse (Zen 2)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 3 MB
  • L3-Cache
    28 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • Release date
    Q3/2017 left arrow 2019-07-07
  • Socket
    LGA 3647 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Codename
    - left arrow Matisse
  • L1-Cache
    - left arrow 0.375 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    - left arrow 100-100000031BOX
  • Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
    - left arrow 100-100000031MPK
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    - left arrow 100-000000031
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
  • Thermal Solution (MPK)
    - left arrow AMD Wraith Stealth
  • Thermal Solution (PIB)
    - left arrow AMD Wraith Stealth

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Intel Xeon Gold 6138

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

More results: 9

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 12 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 5835.6676 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 12 threads / windows
System RAM: 8 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASRock / B450 Gaming-ITX/ac
Duration: 171.36 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon Gold 6138 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

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

Higher values are better in this metric.

161.000000
Intel Xeon Gold 6138
197.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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

Higher values are better in this metric.

3069.000000
Intel Xeon Gold 6138
1578.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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

Higher values are better in this metric.

25774.000000
Intel Xeon Gold 6138
17877.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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