AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

1619Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score1053
8181Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score7756
22167PassMark CPU Mark Rating11797
3382PassMark Single Thread Rating1908
81403DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XProcessorIntel Xeon E5-1660 v3
3700 MHzFrequency3000 MHz
4600 MHzMaximum Frequency3500 MHz
6Cores8
12Threads16
65 WTDP140 W
VermeerCodenameHaswell
AM4PackageFCLGA2011-3

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1619Single-Core Score1058
7717Multi-Core Score8016
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)Operating SystemmacOS 11.4 (Build 20F71)
ASUS System Product NameModelMacPro7,1
Model IDMacPro7,1
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF GAMING B550M-PLUSMotherboardAcidanthera Mac-27AD2F918AE68F61 MacPro7,1
High performancePower Plan

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XNameIntel Xeon E5-1660 v3
1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 25 Model 33 Stepping 0IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 63 Stepping 2
3.70 GHzBase Frequency3.00 GHz
4641 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket AM4 (1331)Package
VermeerCodename
32.0 KB x 6L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 8
32.0 KB x 6L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 8
512 KB x 6L2 Cache256 KB x 8
32.0 MB x 1L3 Cache20.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize48.00 GB
1330 MHzFrequency
Transfer Rate2400 MT/s
DDR4 SDRAMTypeDDR4
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1619Single-Core Score1058
3845Crypto Score1332
1378Integer Score978
1771Floating Point Score 1186
3845
6.55 GB/sec
AES-XTS1332
2.27 GB/sec
1615
8.17 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1159
5.86 MB/sec
1607
76.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1024
48.5 Mpixels/sec
1299
3.66 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1096
3.09 MTE/sec
1258
1.48 MElements/sec
HTML5913
1.07 MElements/sec
1315
411.9 Krows/sec
SQLite969
303.7 Krows/sec
1385
75.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering971
52.7 Mpixels/sec
1267
403.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering815
259.8 KB/sec
1411
11.0 Klines/sec
Clang926
7.22 Klines/sec
1294
15.0 images/sec
Camera968
11.2 images/sec
1618
2.02 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1016
1.27 Mpairs/sec
1549
9595.5 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1232
7632.9 FPS
1882
103.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur886
48.7 Mpixels/sec
1610
12.4 images/sec
Face Detection1038
7.99 images/sec
1424
35.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection997
24.6 Mpixels/sec
2872
140.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2018
99.0 Mpixels/sec
3013
41.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR1894
25.8 Mpixels/sec
1959
1.57 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1321
1.06 Mpixels/sec
1350
12.1 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion935
8.38 Kpixels/sec
1559
49.9 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1154
36.9 Words/sec
1397
54.0 images/sec
Machine Learning1043
40.3 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

7717Multi-Core Score8016
4831Crypto Score8437
7367Integer Score7580
8955Floating Point Score 8892
4831
8.23 GB/sec
AES-XTS8437
14.4 GB/sec
10047
50.8 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)9795
49.5 MB/sec
10882
514.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression9421
445.7 Mpixels/sec
3435
9.69 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)5473
15.4 MTE/sec
7581
8.90 MElements/sec
HTML56433
7.55 MElements/sec
8378
2.62 Mrows/sec
SQLite7931
2.48 Mrows/sec
7722
419.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering7308
396.6 Mpixels/sec
5656
1.76 MB/sec
Text Rendering7097
2.21 MB/sec
9428
73.5 Klines/sec
Clang8005
62.4 Klines/sec
6510
75.5 images/sec
Camera7721
89.5 images/sec
10404
13.0 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics7667
9.59 Mpairs/sec
11977
74200.8 FPS
Rigid Body Physics12342
76463.9 FPS
8212
451.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur8203
450.9 Mpixels/sec
9653
74.3 images/sec
Face Detection9239
71.1 images/sec
7875
194.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection8841
217.9 Mpixels/sec
13137
644.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting13082
641.8 Mpixels/sec
15888
216.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR15602
212.6 Mpixels/sec
12320
9.89 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing11517
9.25 Mpixels/sec
7689
68.9 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion7996
71.6 Kpixels/sec
6894
220.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition5689
181.9 Words/sec
2802
108.3 images/sec
Machine Learning4054
156.7 images/sec