AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
3300 MHz / Cores: 8 / Sep 2013
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    182%
  • Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    227%
  • Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    138%
  • Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 127% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 38% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 82% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2

None

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Xeon E5-2667 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
XFR 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
Intel VT-x
Intel VT-d
AES-NI
EPT
ECC

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Xeon E5-2667 v2
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsServer
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZen 2vsIvy Bridge-EP
Release DateMar 2019vsSep 2013

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Xeon E5-2667 v2
Cores6vs8
Threads12vs16
SMPs1vs2
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Xeon E5-2667 v2
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs20480 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Xeon E5-2667 v2
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2011
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
Packagevs
Die Sizeunknownvs160mm²
Process7 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Xeon E5-2667 v2
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock4800 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP95 Wvs130 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    5376 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2
    3399 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    32793 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2
    32630 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (simulated)
    225.07
  • Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 (simulated)
    99

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (simulated)
    1750.83
  • Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 (simulated)
    1262.96

points - higher is better