AMD Ryzen 5 2500X vs Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen 5 2500X and Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

968Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score939
3630Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score3571
9407PassMark CPU Mark Rating7187
2319PassMark Single Thread Rating2183

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen 5 2500XProcessorIntel Xeon E3-1246 v3
3600 MHzFrequency3500 MHz
4000 MHzMaximum Frequency3900 MHz
4Cores4
8Threads8
65 WTDP84 W
Pinnacle RidgeCodenameHaswell
Socket AM4 (1331)PackageSocket 1150 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

962Single-Core Score906
3720Multi-Core Score3018
Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemDebian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7A36ModelMSI MS-7823
Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. A320M PRO-E (MS-7A36)MotherboardMSI B85M-G43 (MS-7823)
AMD Ryzen BalancedPower Plan

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen 5 2500XNameIntel Xeon E3-1246 v3
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 8 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3
4.00 GHzBase Frequency3.90 GHz
3.95 GHzMaximum Frequency
Socket AM4 (1331)Package
Pinnacle RidgeCodename
64.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
512 KB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 4
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize31.23 GB
1199 MHzFrequency
DDR4 SDRAMType
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

962Single-Core Score906
1959Crypto Score1255
844Integer Score845
1050Floating Point Score 979
1959
3.34 GB/sec
AES-XTS1255
2.14 GB/sec
782
3.96 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)759
3.84 MB/sec
1049
49.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression921
43.6 Mpixels/sec
778
2.19 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)819
2.31 MTE/sec
766
899.6 KElements/sec
HTML5847
994.7 KElements/sec
740
231.8 Krows/sec
SQLite907
284.1 Krows/sec
901
48.9 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering841
45.6 Mpixels/sec
779
248.3 KB/sec
Text Rendering845
269.2 KB/sec
817
6.36 Klines/sec
Clang885
6.90 Klines/sec
1046
12.1 images/sec
Camera798
9.25 images/sec
684
855.3 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics789
986.7 Kpairs/sec
1018
6309.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics936
5797.0 FPS
1314
72.2 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur815
44.8 Mpixels/sec
943
7.26 images/sec
Face Detection875
6.74 images/sec
1013
25.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection853
21.0 Mpixels/sec
1626
79.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1608
78.9 Mpixels/sec
1790
24.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR1770
24.1 Mpixels/sec
1265
1.02 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1148
922.0 Kpixels/sec
850
7.62 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion801
7.18 Kpixels/sec
856
27.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition831
26.6 Words/sec
731
28.2 images/sec
Machine Learning810
31.3 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3720Multi-Core Score3018
5113Crypto Score3524
3506Integer Score2869
3952Floating Point Score 3257
5113
8.72 GB/sec
AES-XTS3524
6.01 GB/sec
3425
17.3 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3135
15.9 MB/sec
4963
234.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3433
162.4 Mpixels/sec
2236
6.31 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2129
6.00 MTE/sec
3563
4.18 MElements/sec
HTML52583
3.03 MElements/sec
3551
1.11 Mrows/sec
SQLite3196
1.00 Mrows/sec
3958
214.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2869
155.7 Mpixels/sec
3019
961.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering2897
923.0 KB/sec
3811
29.7 Klines/sec
Clang2666
20.8 Klines/sec
3658
42.4 images/sec
Camera3144
36.4 images/sec
2990
3.74 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3284
4.11 Mpairs/sec
5296
32813.5 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3470
21500.6 FPS
4002
220.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur3083
169.5 Mpixels/sec
3985
30.7 images/sec
Face Detection3335
25.7 images/sec
3967
97.8 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection3070
75.7 Mpixels/sec
5828
285.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting4438
217.7 Mpixels/sec
7867
107.2 Mpixels/sec
HDR6035
82.2 Mpixels/sec
6099
4.90 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4907
3.94 Mpixels/sec
3633
32.5 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2842
25.5 Kpixels/sec
2024
64.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2176
69.6 Words/sec
1783
68.9 images/sec
Machine Learning1497
57.9 images/sec