AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Around 17% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 22 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2502 vs 1973
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13166 vs 12519
Around 30% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1175 vs 907

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2502 vs 1973
PassMark - CPU mark	13166 vs 12519
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1175 vs 907

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
10 more threads: 16 vs 6
6x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 128 GB
Around 43% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 7564 vs 5292

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 6
Number of threads	16 vs 6
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 128 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	7564 vs 5292

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2502

1973

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

13166

12519

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1175

907

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

5292

7564

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2502	1973
PassMark - CPU mark	13166	12519
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1175	907
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	5292	7564
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	3820

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Haswell
Launch date	Nov 2019	Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$170
Place in performance rating	1258	1313
Vertical segment	Desktop	Server
Processor Number		E5-1660V3
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.6 GHz	3.00 GHz
Front-side bus (FSB)	100 MHz
L1 cache	384 KB
L2 cache	3 MB
L3 cache	32 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	3.50 GHz
Number of cores	6	8
Number of threads	6	16
Bus Speed		0 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		65.9°C
Number of QPI Links		0
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory size	128 GB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4 1333/1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory bandwidth		68 GB/s
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	140 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)