AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Xeon E5-2470 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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Intel Xeon E5-2470 v2

Price

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$ 235.99

$ 1728.71 significantly less expensive

$ 1964.70

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5542 points

5777 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6612 points

50% significantly better gaming score

4385 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5172 points

6307 points

21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5056 points

6615 points

30% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.60 points

43% significantly higher Blender score

98.72 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5675 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5077 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1118 points

96% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

570 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5693 points

80% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3155 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1144 points

139% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

477 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

25% slightly higher turbo speed

3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

Identical

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

289th of 1,089

270th 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

2014 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 1800X vs Xeon E5-2470 v2 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2470 v2 beats the Ryzen 7 1800X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1800X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2470 v2 has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 1800X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 1800X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 1800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2470 v2. Also, the Ryzen 7 1800X 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.

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 1800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.