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Xeon E3-1230 vs Ryzen 9 5950X

Xeon E3-1230 vs Ryzen 9 5950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5950X outperforms Xeon E3-1230 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5950X is 3504 days newer than Xeon E3-1230.

Advantages of Xeon E3-1230

  • Consumes up to 24% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - 80 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5950X

  • Performs up to 5600% better in Cities: Skylines II than Xeon E3-1230 - 57 vs 1 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E3-1230 - 32 vs 8 threads
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Cities: Skylines II

Cities: Skylines II

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Intel Xeon E3-1230 Logo
Xeon E3-1230

Server/Workstation • Apr 3rd, 2011


FPS

1

2%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

57

100%

Value, $/FPS

$6.05/FPS

100%

Price, $

$345

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-thread unlocked desktop processor

Buy for $345 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 51 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Intel Xeon E3-1230 Logo
Xeon E3-1230

Server/Workstation • Apr 3rd, 2011

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E3-1230 Logo
Xeon E3-1230

Server/Workstation • Apr 3rd, 2011


Single-Core

588

27%

Multi-Core

1975

16%

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2189

100%

Multi-Core

12159

100%

Intel Xeon E3-1230 Logo

Xeon E3-1230

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo

Ryzen 9 5950X

Apr 3rd, 2011Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Xeon E3CollectionRyzen 9
Sandy BridgeCodenameVermeer
Intel Socket 1155SocketAMD Socket AM4
Server
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
16
8Threads
32
3.2 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.4 GHz
3.6 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.9 GHz
80 W
TDP105 W
32 nmProcess Size
7 nm
32.0xMultiplier
34.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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