AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Xeon W-2133

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4528 points
1% slightly better overall score
4444 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5692 points
6150 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4151 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
3904 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4054 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
3778 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.79 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
99.59 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5551 points
5698 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1070 points
1203 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5573 points
5857 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points
1242 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
3.9 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
47% significantly lower TDP
140 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
395th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2017 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 W-2133 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 1700X is faster than the Xeon W-2133. Despite this, the Xeon W-2133 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 1700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Xeon W-2133 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-2133. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon W-2133 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 1700X. Also, the Xeon W-2133 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1700X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2133 CPU because of its significantly 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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