AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 195.99
$ 59.15 significantly less expensive
$ 255.14

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4528 points
3% slightly better overall score
4385 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5692 points
22% slightly better gaming score
4645 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4151 points
4290 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4054 points
4267 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.79 points
39% slightly higher Blender score
94.52 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5551 points
60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3460 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1070 points
115% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
496 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5573 points
63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3408 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points
121% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
497 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
36% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
21% slightly lower TDP
115 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

386th of 1,089
402nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1066

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 E5-2670 v2 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 1700X is faster than the Xeon E5-2670 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2670 v2 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2670 v2 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 1700X. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2670 v2 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 1700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 1700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2670 v2. Also, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2670 v2 CPU because of its slightly 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 1700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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