AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3
We compared the desktop AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and the server Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3 with 10 cores 2.9GHz . 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 4 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.9GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 25MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 22nm)
Lower TDP (65W vs 135W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
+56%
1640
Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3
1046
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
+14%
7084
Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3
6173
Blender
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
+4%
155
Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3
149
General Parameters
Jul 2019
Release Date
Nov 2014
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Server
x86-64
Instruction Set
-
Matisse
Core Architecture
Haswell-EP
AM4
Socket
Intel Socket 2011-3
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
-
Generation
Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)
Package
3.8 billions
Transistor Count
2.6 billions
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
22 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
135 W
95 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
-
-
Foundry
Intel
-
Die Size
356 mm²
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
-
12
Performance Core Threads
-
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.9 GHz
4.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
6
Total Core Count
10
12
Total Thread Count
20
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
36x
Multiplier
29.0
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
25 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR4-3200
Memory Types
DDR4-2133,DDR3-2133
128 GB
Max Memory Size
-
2
Max Memory Channels
4
51.2 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
