AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3

Price

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$ 195.99

$ 33.96 slightly less expensive

$ 229.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4528 points

4611 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5692 points

2% slightly better gaming score

5571 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4151 points

4299 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4054 points

4207 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5551 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4013 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1070 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

871 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5573 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4512 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points

1142 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

3.5 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

42% slightly lower TDP

135 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

379th 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 1700X vs Xeon E5-2637 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2637 v3 performs better than the Ryzen 7 1700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 1700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Xeon E5-2637 v3 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2637 v3. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2637 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 1700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2637 v3 CPU because of its slightly 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 1700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.