AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen 9 3900X and Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

1279Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score921
11755Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score11121
32852PassMark CPU Mark Rating23912
2730PassMark Single Thread Rating2169
121533DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2696 v3
3800 MHzFrequency2300 MHz
4600 MHzMaximum Frequency
12Cores18
24Threads36
105 WTDP
MatisseCodenameHaswell E
AM4PackageSocket 2011 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1268Single-Core Score915
10204Multi-Core Score11087
Geekbench 5.2.3 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H15)Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro (64-bit)
iMacPro1,1ModelHUANANZHI X99
iMacPro1,1Model ID
Acidanthera Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 iMacPro1,1MotherboardHUANANZHI X99-T8D

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XNameIntel Xeon E5-2696 v3
1 Processor, 12 Cores, 24 ThreadsTopology2 Processors, 36 Cores, 72 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 113 Stepping 0IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 63 Stepping 2
3.80 GHzBase Frequency2.29 GHz
Maximum Frequency3790 MHz
PackageSocket 2011 LGA
CodenameHaswell-E/EP
32.0 KB x 12L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 18
32.0 KB x 12L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 18
512 KB x 12L2 Cache256 KB x 18
16.0 MB x 4L3 Cache45.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize16.00 GB
1566 MHzFrequency798 MHz
DDR4TypeDDR4 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1268Single-Core Score915
2134Crypto Score1245
1097Integer Score877
1493Floating Point Score 943
2134
3.64 GB/sec
AES-XTS1245
2.12 GB/sec
1322
6.69 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1010
5.11 MB/sec
1221
57.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression950
44.9 Mpixels/sec
1118
3.15 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)922
2.60 MTE/sec
814
956.2 KElements/sec
HTML5842
988.9 KElements/sec
948
297.1 Krows/sec
SQLite857
268.6 Krows/sec
1088
59.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering842
45.7 Mpixels/sec
1010
321.9 KB/sec
Text Rendering860
274.1 KB/sec
1125
8.77 Klines/sec
Clang842
6.56 Klines/sec
1339
15.5 images/sec
Camera790
9.16 images/sec
1406
1.76 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics781
977.6 Kpairs/sec
1424
8822.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics968
5995.3 FPS
1470
80.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur654
35.9 Mpixels/sec
1437
11.1 images/sec
Face Detection895
6.89 images/sec
1063
26.2 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection852
21.0 Mpixels/sec
2677
131.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1564
76.7 Mpixels/sec
2158
29.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR1658
22.6 Mpixels/sec
1764
1.42 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1100
883.7 Kpixels/sec
1163
10.4 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion773
6.92 Kpixels/sec
1332
42.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition913
29.2 Words/sec
1156
44.7 images/sec
Machine Learning687
26.6 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

10204Multi-Core Score11087
4187Crypto Score3995
9423Integer Score11230
12899Floating Point Score 11960
4187
7.14 GB/sec
AES-XTS3995
6.81 GB/sec
15863
80.2 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)18585
94.0 MB/sec
15469
731.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression19652
929.7 Mpixels/sec
3674
10.4 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2881
8.12 MTE/sec
9537
11.2 MElements/sec
HTML513614
16.0 MElements/sec
13024
4.08 Mrows/sec
SQLite21558
6.75 Mrows/sec
7297
396.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering7014
380.6 Mpixels/sec
5204
1.62 MB/sec
Text Rendering7660
2.38 MB/sec
14989
116.8 Klines/sec
Clang21753
169.5 Klines/sec
9193
106.6 images/sec
Camera7871
91.2 images/sec
13268
16.6 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics11274
14.1 Mpairs/sec
22866
141664.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics27970
173287.9 FPS
13307
731.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur21351
1.17 Gpixels/sec
17497
134.7 images/sec
Face Detection24868
191.5 images/sec
8810
217.2 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection8530
210.3 Mpixels/sec
17647
865.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting13756
674.8 Mpixels/sec
19030
259.3 Mpixels/sec
HDR15953
217.4 Mpixels/sec
23483
18.9 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing22784
18.3 Mpixels/sec
12014
107.6 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion10995
98.5 Kpixels/sec
9759
312.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition4600
147.1 Words/sec
2858
110.4 images/sec
Machine Learning1983
76.6 images/sec