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Xeon E5-2420 vs Ryzen 5 3600

Xeon E5-2420 vs Ryzen 5 3600: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Prices and Stock

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Prices and Stock

MSRP $199

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms Xeon E5-2420 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 is 2610 days newer than Xeon E5-2420.

Advantages of Ryzen 5 3600

  • Performs up to 8% better in Baldur's Gate 3 than Xeon E5-2420 - 118 vs 109 FPS
  • Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Xeon E5-2420 - 65 vs 95 Watts
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Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo
Xeon E5-2420

Server/Workstation • May 14th, 2012


FPS

109

92%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


FPS

118

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.87/FPS

100%

Price, £

£102.17

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor 3.6 GHz 32 MB L3

Buy for £102.17 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 334 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo
Xeon E5-2420

Server/Workstation • May 14th, 2012

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo
Xeon E5-2420

Server/Workstation • May 14th, 2012


Single-Core

372

23%

Multi-Core

1815

26%

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


Single-Core

1597

100%

Multi-Core

6884

100%

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo

Xeon E5-2420

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo

Ryzen 5 3600

May 14th, 2012
Jul 7th, 2019
Xeon E5Ryzen 5
Sandy Bridge-ENMatisse
Intel Socket 1356AMD Socket AM4
Server
Desktop
66
1212
1.9 GHz
3.6 GHz
2.4 GHz
4.2 GHz
95 W
65 W
32 nm
7 nm
19.0x
36.0x
NoneNone
No
Yes

PCs Using Xeon E5-2420 or Ryzen 5 3600

With selected game settings

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