AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Xeon E5-2643 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 149.99
$ 248.96 significantly less expensive
$ 398.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4724 points
1% slightly better overall score
4657 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5587 points
10% slightly better gaming score
5043 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4432 points
4542 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4341 points
4510 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5049 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4201 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

987 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
702 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5186 points
61% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3212 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1027 points
59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
642 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

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
3.8 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
100% significantly lower TDP
130 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
373rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1066

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 E5-2643 v2 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 1700 is faster than the Xeon E5-2643 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2643 v2 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 1700 has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2643 v2. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Xeon E5-2643 v2. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2643 v2. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2643 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 1700. Also, the Xeon E5-2643 v2 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2643 v2 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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