AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 18 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 149.99
$ 379.96 significantly less expensive
$ 529.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4724 points
6700 points
41% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5587 points
7% slightly better gaming score
5199 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4432 points
7270 points
64% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4341 points
7597 points
75% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.00 points
219.38 points
71% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
18
125% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
36
125% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
2.3 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
123% significantly lower TDP
145 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
210th 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 E5-2699 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2699 v3 is faster than the Ryzen 7 1700. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2699 v3 has significantly more cores with 18 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 1700 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 1700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2699 v3. Also, the Ryzen 7 1700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2699 v3 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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