AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

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

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Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

Price

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$ 195.99

$ 3.27 slightly less expensive

$ 199.26

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4528 points

3% slightly better overall score

4392 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5692 points

5% slightly better gaming score

5377 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4151 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

4064 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4054 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

3979 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.79 points

148.95 points

13% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5551 points

8091 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1070 points

1373 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5573 points

7100 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points

1291 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

47% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

386th of 1,089

401st 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

DDR4-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 7 1700X vs Xeon E5-1660 v3 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 1700X is faster than the Xeon E5-1660 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1660 v3 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-1660 v3. Also, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1660 v3 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 1700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.