AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 195.99
$ 353.96 significantly less expensive
$ 549.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4528 points
4981 points
10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5692 points
2% slightly better gaming score
5531 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4151 points
4782 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4054 points
4706 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.79 points
151.35 points
14% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5551 points
6836 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1070 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
987 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5573 points
6616 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1070 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
9% slightly higher clock speed
3.10 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
68% significantly lower TDP
160 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
60% significantly more L2 cache
2.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
25 MiB
56% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

386th of 1,089
351st 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 E5-2687W v3 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2687W v3 beats the Ryzen 7 1700X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2687W v3 has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 1700X that 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 E5-2687W v3. Also, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2687W v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 1700X has more L2 cache than the Xeon E5-2687W v3. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2687W v3 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 1700X.

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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