AMD Ryzen 5 2500X vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen 5 2500X and Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

968Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score832
3630Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score3548
9407PassMark CPU Mark Rating7007
2319PassMark Single Thread Rating2032

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen 5 2500XProcessorIntel Xeon E5-1620 v3
3600 MHzFrequency3500 MHz
4000 MHzMaximum Frequency3600 MHz
4Cores4
8Threads8
65 WTDP140 W
Pinnacle RidgeCodenameHaswell-E/EP
Socket AM4 (1331)PackageSocket 2011 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

962Single-Core Score832
3720Multi-Core Score3219
Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7A36ModelHewlett-Packard HP Z440 Workstation
Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. A320M PRO-E (MS-7A36)MotherboardHewlett-Packard 212B
AMD Ryzen BalancedPower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen 5 2500XNameIntel Xeon E5-1620 v3
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 8 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 63 Stepping 2
4.00 GHzBase Frequency3.37 GHz
3.95 GHzMaximum Frequency3466 MHz
Socket AM4 (1331)PackageSocket 2011 LGA
Pinnacle RidgeCodenameHaswell-E/EP
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 Cache10.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize128.00 GB
1199 MHzFrequency1027 MHz
DDR4 SDRAMTypeDDR4 SDRAM
2Channels4

Geekbench 5 result (single)

962Single-Core Score832
1959Crypto Score1130
844Integer Score777
1050Floating Point Score 902
1959
3.34 GB/sec
AES-XTS1130
1.93 GB/sec
782
3.96 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)731
3.70 MB/sec
1049
49.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression881
41.7 Mpixels/sec
778
2.19 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)703
1.98 MTE/sec
766
899.6 KElements/sec
HTML5774
908.8 KElements/sec
740
231.8 Krows/sec
SQLite784
245.8 Krows/sec
901
48.9 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering811
44.0 Mpixels/sec
779
248.3 KB/sec
Text Rendering821
261.4 KB/sec
817
6.36 Klines/sec
Clang788
6.14 Klines/sec
1046
12.1 images/sec
Camera717
8.31 images/sec
684
855.3 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics695
869.6 Kpairs/sec
1018
6309.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics875
5422.3 FPS
1314
72.2 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur711
39.1 Mpixels/sec
943
7.26 images/sec
Face Detection782
6.02 images/sec
1013
25.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection853
21.0 Mpixels/sec
1626
79.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1400
68.7 Mpixels/sec
1790
24.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR1601
21.8 Mpixels/sec
1265
1.02 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing988
793.4 Kpixels/sec
850
7.62 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion769
6.89 Kpixels/sec
856
27.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition794
25.4 Words/sec
731
28.2 images/sec
Machine Learning829
32.0 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

3720Multi-Core Score3219
5113Crypto Score4852
3506Integer Score3177
3952Floating Point Score 3039
5113
8.72 GB/sec
AES-XTS4852
8.27 GB/sec
3425
17.3 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3732
18.9 MB/sec
4963
234.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3937
186.3 Mpixels/sec
2236
6.31 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)3220
9.08 MTE/sec
3563
4.18 MElements/sec
HTML52736
3.21 MElements/sec
3551
1.11 Mrows/sec
SQLite3050
955.5 Krows/sec
3958
214.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering3530
191.6 Mpixels/sec
3019
961.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering3034
966.7 KB/sec
3811
29.7 Klines/sec
Clang2913
22.7 Klines/sec
3658
42.4 images/sec
Camera2676
31.0 images/sec
2990
3.74 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2556
3.20 Mpairs/sec
5296
32813.5 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3490
21623.7 FPS
4002
220.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2787
153.2 Mpixels/sec
3985
30.7 images/sec
Face Detection2856
22.0 images/sec
3967
97.8 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection3306
81.5 Mpixels/sec
5828
285.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting4823
236.6 Mpixels/sec
7867
107.2 Mpixels/sec
HDR5704
77.7 Mpixels/sec
6099
4.90 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4126
3.31 Mpixels/sec
3633
32.5 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2747
24.6 Kpixels/sec
2024
64.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1398
44.7 Words/sec
1783
68.9 images/sec
Machine Learning1998
77.2 images/sec