AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 149.99
$ 6.00 slightly less expensive
$ 155.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4724 points
5073 points
7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5587 points
3% slightly better gaming score
5423 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4432 points
4932 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4341 points
4878 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.00 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
106.45 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5049 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4204 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

987 points
69% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
582 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5186 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4225 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1027 points
73% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
593 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
Identical
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

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
342nd 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 E5-2690 v2 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2690 v2 performs better than the Ryzen 7 1700. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2690 v2 has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 1700 has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 1700. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 7 1700 and Xeon E5-2690 v2 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 v2 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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