AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3

Price

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$ 195.99

$ 27.80 slightly less expensive

$ 223.79

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4528 points

5940 points

31% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5692 points

7% slightly better gaming score

5278 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4151 points

6174 points

48% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4054 points

6288 points

55% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.79 points

163.08 points

23% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5551 points

6648 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1070 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

941 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5573 points

6340 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

996 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly 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

26% slightly lower TDP

120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

403rd of 1,118

268th of 1,118

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 E5-2680 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2680 v3 performs better than the Ryzen 7 1700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2680 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 1700X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 1700X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v3. Also, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 v3 CPU because of its slightly 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.