AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Xeon X5675

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

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 195.99
$ 147.88
$ 48.11 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4528 points
1% slightly better overall score
4455 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5692 points
29% slightly better gaming score
4385 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4151 points
4466 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4054 points
4450 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.79 points
144% significantly higher Blender score
53.89 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5551 points
124% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2477 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1070 points
112% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
503 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5573 points
128% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2434 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points
118% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
503 points

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
11% slightly higher clock speed
3.06 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
3.46 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
Identical
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
3
49% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

386th of 1,089
393rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2011 February

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 X5675 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 1700X beats the Xeon X5675 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5675 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 1700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Xeon X5675 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon X5675. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon X5675. Also, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700X has significantly more L2 cache than the Xeon X5675. The Ryzen 7 1700X also has slightly more L3 cache.

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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