AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Xeon X5680

Ryzen 7 1700 vs Xeon X5680 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 1700 performs better than the Xeon X5680. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5680 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 1700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Xeon X5680 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon X5680. Our comparison shows that the Xeon X5680 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 1700. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5680 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 1700 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon X5680. The Ryzen 7 1700 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.