AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3

Price

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$ 149.99

$ 265.03 significantly less expensive

$ 415.02

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4724 points

5502 points

16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5587 points

6% slightly better gaming score

5267 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4432 points

5565 points

25% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4341 points

5563 points

28% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3899 points

5872 points

50% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.00 points

165.47 points

29% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5049 points

6942 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

987 points

1009 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5186 points

7090 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1027 points

1072 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 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

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

372nd of 1,089

294th 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 E5-2690 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2690 v3 performs better than the Ryzen 7 1700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 1700 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2690 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 1700 has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 1700. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 1700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690 v3. Also, the Ryzen 7 1700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.