AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 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

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$ 195.99
$ 155.99
$ 40.00 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4528 points
5073 points
12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5692 points
4% slightly better gaming score
5423 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4151 points
4932 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4054 points
4878 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.79 points
23% slightly higher Blender score
106.45 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5551 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4204 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1070 points
83% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
582 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5573 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4225 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
593 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
13% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
36% slightly lower TDP
130 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
342nd 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 E5-2690 v2 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2690 v2 is faster than the Ryzen 7 1700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2690 v2 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 1700X. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 v2 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 1700X. 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 E5-2690 v2. Also, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 v2 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.

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