AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Xeon E3 1230 v2

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We compared the server AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and the Intel Xeon E3 1230 v2 with 4 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 8MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 69W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +36%

1640

Intel Xeon E3 1230 v2

1201

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +76%

7084

Intel Xeon E3 1230 v2

4005

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +387%

156

Intel Xeon E3 1230 v2

32

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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Intel Xeon E3 1230 v2

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Server

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Matisse

Core Architecture

Ivy Bridge

AM4

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Xeon E3 (Ivy Bridge)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

AM4

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

65 W

Power Consumption

69 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

160 mm²

-

Package

FC-LGA12C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

-

12

Performance Core Threads

-

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

6

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

33.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

128 GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Official Website

-

4.0

PCIe Version

3

16

PCIe Lanes

16

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