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Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q3/2014
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
Released
Q3/2019
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Ryzen 5 3600

What's the best choice Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 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 E5-2670 v3 has a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. 12 Cores. Power consumption of 120 W. Released in Q3/2014.

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

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    672 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    6 times more cores

    12 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    729 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    174 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    923 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    400 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    405 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    87 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    271 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    102 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    328 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    239 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)

    340 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 36% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 2.30 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 26 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.20 GHz left arrow 3.10 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.54 times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 120 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

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Xeon E5 left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • Generation
    5 left arrow 3
  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon E5 v3 left arrow AMD Ryzen 3000
  • Predecessor
    Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5 2600
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
    2.30 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    12 left arrow 6
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    3.10 GHz left arrow 4.20 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    24 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • 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 AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L3-Cache
    30.00 MB left arrow 32.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Haswell E left arrow Matisse (Zen 2)
  • Technology
    22 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 2011-3 left arrow AM4
  • Release date
    Q3/2014 left arrow Q3/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600.

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
119
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
197
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
1723
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
1578
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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
701
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
1183
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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
6951
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
6821
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
16765
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
17877
AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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