AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

1178Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score541
5189Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score4989
13360PassMark CPU Mark Rating10409
2533PassMark Single Thread Rating1493
50313DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen 5 3500XProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2660 v2
3600 MHzFrequency2200 MHz
4100 MHzMaximum Frequency3000 MHz
6Cores10
6Threads20
65 WTDP95 W
MatisseCodenameIvy Bridge EP
Socket AM4 (1331)PackageFCLGA2011

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1185Single-Core Score545
4909Multi-Core Score548
Geekbench 5.4.1 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 SystemUbuntu 18.04.3 LTS
System manufacturer System Product NameModelOpenStack Foundation OpenStack Nova
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF B450M-PRO GAMINGMotherboardN/A
AMD Ryzen High PerformancePower Plan

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen 5 3500XNameIntel Xeon E5-2660 v2
1 Processor, 6 CoresTopology1 Processor, 1 Core
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 113 Stepping 0IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 62 Stepping 4
3.59 GHzBase Frequency2.20 GHz
4074 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket AM4 (1331)Package
MatisseCodename
32.0 KB x 6L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 1
32.0 KB x 6L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 1
512 KB x 6L2 Cache4.00 MB x 1
16.0 MB x 2L3 Cache16.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

32.00 GBSize1.95 GB
1330 MHzFrequency
DDR4 SDRAMType
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1185Single-Core Score545
2139Crypto Score622
1039Integer Score504
1342Floating Point Score 620
2139
3.65 GB/sec
AES-XTS622
1.06 GB/sec
1260
6.37 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)675
3.41 MB/sec
1240
58.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression550
26.0 Mpixels/sec
920
2.59 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)637
1.80 MTE/sec
872
1.02 MElements/sec
HTML5250
293.8 KElements/sec
892
279.4 Krows/sec
SQLite555
173.8 Krows/sec
1045
56.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering535
29.0 Mpixels/sec
962
306.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering419
133.6 KB/sec
1055
8.22 Klines/sec
Clang514
4.00 Klines/sec
1194
13.8 images/sec
Camera555
6.43 images/sec
1367
1.71 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics561
701.6 Kpairs/sec
1189
7367.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics668
4136.7 FPS
1434
78.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur485
26.7 Mpixels/sec
1250
9.63 images/sec
Face Detection554
4.27 images/sec
1015
25.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection596
14.7 Mpixels/sec
2279
111.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1063
52.2 Mpixels/sec
2017
27.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR1063
14.5 Mpixels/sec
1534
1.23 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing723
581.0 Kpixels/sec
983
8.81 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion428
3.84 Kpixels/sec
1223
39.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition671
21.4 Words/sec
1015
39.2 images/sec
Machine Learning368
14.2 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

4909Multi-Core Score548
3035Crypto Score631
4578Integer Score504
5940Floating Point Score 631
3035
5.17 GB/sec
AES-XTS631
1.08 GB/sec
5934
30.0 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)677
3.42 MB/sec
6534
309.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression579
27.4 Mpixels/sec
2067
5.83 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)653
1.84 MTE/sec
5228
6.14 MElements/sec
HTML5250
293.0 KElements/sec
5013
1.57 Mrows/sec
SQLite524
164.0 Krows/sec
4861
263.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering534
29.0 Mpixels/sec
2896
922.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering408
129.9 KB/sec
5776
45.0 Klines/sec
Clang520
4.05 Klines/sec
5174
60.0 images/sec
Camera548
6.36 images/sec
6134
7.67 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics566
708.2 Kpairs/sec
6701
41515.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics664
4115.4 FPS
6205
341.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur482
26.5 Mpixels/sec
6871
52.9 images/sec
Face Detection578
4.45 images/sec
4224
104.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection614
15.1 Mpixels/sec
9152
449.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1101
54.0 Mpixels/sec
9402
128.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR1076
14.7 Mpixels/sec
9464
7.60 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing770
618.0 Kpixels/sec
5072
45.4 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion433
3.88 Kpixels/sec
4708
150.5 Words/sec
Speech Recognition671
21.5 Words/sec
2255
87.1 images/sec
Machine Learning372
14.4 images/sec