AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4724 points

4751 points

0.57% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5587 points

5819 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4432 points

0.80% slightly better multitasking score

4397 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4341 points

0.86% slightly better heavy workload score

4304 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.00 points

132.21 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5049 points

6895 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

987 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

900 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5186 points

6435 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1027 points

1161 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3.2 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

3.8 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

115% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

372nd of 1,089

369th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2016 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 7 1700 vs Xeon E5-1660 v4 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 1700 performs better than the Xeon E5-1660 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1660 v4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-1660 v4 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 1700. Also, the Xeon E5-1660 v4 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1660 v4 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.