AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4

Price

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$ 195.99

$ 39.90

$ 156.09 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4528 points

2% slightly better overall score

4409 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5692 points

9% slightly better gaming score

5193 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4151 points

4156 points

0.12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4054 points

4086 points

0.79% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.79 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

127.64 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5551 points

5966 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1070 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1033 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5573 points

5632 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1047 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

41% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

90 W

5% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

386th of 1,089

399th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2016 February

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 E5-2640 v4 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 1700X performs better than the Xeon E5-2640 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2640 v4 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2640 v4 has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 1700X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 1700X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2640 v4. Also, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2640 v4 outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 1700X thanks to a 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.