AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2

AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
3500 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2013
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    176%
  • Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    196%
  • Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    156%
  • Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Much higher single threaded performance (around 96% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 56% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
65 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 76% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2

None

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
Intel VT-x
Intel VT-d
AES-NI
EPT
ECC

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsServer
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZen 2vsIvy Bridge-E
Release DateMar 2019vsSep 2013

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
Cores6vs6
Threads12vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs12288 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2011
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
Packagevs
Die Sizeunknownvs160mm²
Process7 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock4400 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs130 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    4928 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
    3605 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    29514 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
    25956 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (simulated)
    206.31
  • Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 (simulated)
    105

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (simulated)
    1575.75
  • Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 (simulated)
    1004.63

points - higher is better