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

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Released
Q2/2021
Intel Xeon Gold 6342
Intel Xeon Gold 6342
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2019-07-07
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

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

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Xeon Gold 6342 has a base frequency of 2.80 GHz. 24 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 230 W. Released in Q2/2021.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X has a base frequency of 3.8 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 95 W. Released in 2019-07-07.

Differences

  • More number of cores

    18 more cores

    24 left arrow 6
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    134 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 36% better clock speed

    3.8 GHz left arrow 2.80 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 26 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.4 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure 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)
    141 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    150 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    109 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    154 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    90 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    175 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    236 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    248 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    36 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    56 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    138 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon Gold 6342 Intel Xeon Gold 6342
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300 left arrow AMD Ryzen 3000
  • Family
    Intel Xeon Gold left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 3
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Successor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • 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
    2.8 GHz left arrow 3.8 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    24 left arrow 6
  • CPU Threads
    48 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.5 GHz left arrow 4.4 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (24 Cores)
    3.2 GHz left arrow -
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 4.4 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    - left arrow 4.2 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 3600X and Intel Xeon Gold 6342. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    6144 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    8 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4
  • PCIe lanes
    64 left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    4.0 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 6342 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 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)
    230 W left arrow 95 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 95 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6342 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Ice Lake 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
    36 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2021 left arrow 2019-07-07
  • Socket
    LGA 4189 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    10 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 100-100000022BOX
  • Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
    - left arrow 100-100000022MPK
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    - left arrow 100-000000022
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

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 6342

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

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 6.24.0 / 1M / 12 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6422.153862 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.24.0 / 1M / 12 threads / windows
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / PRIME X570-PRO
Duration: 155.711 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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