AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Price

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$ 195.99

$ 1108.11 significantly less expensive

$ 1304.10

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4528 points

5072 points

12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5692 points

12% slightly better gaming score

5077 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4151 points

5065 points

22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4054 points

5049 points

24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.79 points

19% slightly higher Blender score

110.36 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5551 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4379 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1070 points

89% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

564 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5573 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4332 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points

96% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

561 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

25% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 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

36% slightly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

386th of 1,089

343rd 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 E5-2697 v2 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2697 v2 beats the Ryzen 7 1700X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2697 v2 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2697 v2. Also, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2697 v2 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.