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AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q4/2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
Released
Q1/2017
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Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 3500 or Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 5 3500 has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q4/2019.

Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6 has a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 72 W. Released in Q1/2017.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3500 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    487 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 17% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.00 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 times more cores

    6 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 15% better overclocked clock speed

    4.10 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 72 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 3500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    202 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    233 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    182 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    278 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    409 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    536 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    63 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    434 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    195 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    855 left arrow score

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    450 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    527 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    518 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    763 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    252 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    355 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    235 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    358 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    709 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 3500 AMD Ryzen 5 3500
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6 Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Xeon E3
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 6
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 3000 left arrow Intel Xeon E3 v6
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.00 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.10 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    6 left arrow 4
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4-2400
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 16
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3500 and Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 72 W
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3500 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L3-Cache
    32.00 MB left arrow 8.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Matisse (Zen 2) left arrow Kaby Lake S
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1151
  • Release date
    Q4/2019 left arrow Q1/2017

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 3500 and Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
188
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
149
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
1129
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
564
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1137
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
870
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
4816
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
3039
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
12876
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
7217
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6

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