AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 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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Price

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$ 195.99
$ 219.03 significantly less expensive
$ 415.02

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4528 points
5502 points
21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5692 points
8% slightly better gaming score
5267 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4151 points
5565 points
34% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4054 points
5563 points
37% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4254 points
5872 points
38% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.79 points
165.47 points
25% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5551 points
6942 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1070 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1009 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5573 points
7090 points
27% 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
1072 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 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
42% slightly lower TDP
135 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
294th 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 E5-2690 v3 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2690 v3 beats the Ryzen 7 1700X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 1700X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2690 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 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 E5-2690 v3. Also, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 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.

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