AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 and Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600

Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
Around 35% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Around 12% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 84.5°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 22 nm
Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2474 vs 1694

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 84.5°C
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2474 vs 1694

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
12 more threads: 24 vs 12
6x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 128 GB
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22166 vs 17202

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 6
Number of threads	24 vs 12
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 128 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	22166 vs 17202

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2474

1694

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

17202

22166

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600	Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2474	1694
PassMark - CPU mark	17202	22166
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		705
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		7047

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600	Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Haswell
Family	Ryzen 5
Launch date	30 Sep 2019	Q3'14
OPN Tray	100-000000029
Place in performance rating	849	1411
Processor Number	PRO 3600	E5-2670V3
Vertical segment	Desktop	Server
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.6 GHz	2.30 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB
L2 cache	3 MB
L3 cache	32 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	84.5°C
Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz	3.10 GHz
Number of cores	6	12
Number of threads	12	24
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	47.68 GB/s	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	128 GB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	120 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	40
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4	x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
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)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)