AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 149.99
$ 79.96 significantly less expensive
$ 229.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4724 points
2% slightly better overall score
4611 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5587 points
0.29% slightly better gaming score
5571 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4432 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
4299 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4341 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
4207 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5049 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4013 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

987 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
871 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5186 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4512 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1027 points
1142 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.5 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
Identical
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
107% significantly lower TDP
135 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

372nd of 1,089
379th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2014 August

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 E5-2637 v3 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 1700 beats the Xeon E5-2637 v3 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2637 v3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 1700 has significantly more cores than the Xeon E5-2637 v3. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E5-2637 v3. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2637 v3. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2637 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 1700. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2637 v3 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.

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