AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 12 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

5542 points

11% slightly better overall score

4970 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6612 points

36% slightly better gaming score

4831 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5172 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

5013 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5056 points

0.68% slightly better heavy workload score

5022 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.60 points

147.11 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5675 points

111% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2679 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1118 points

101% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

554 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5693 points

85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3070 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1144 points

73% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

661 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

3.6 GHz

63% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

37% slightly higher turbo speed

2.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

10% slightly lower TDP

105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

289th of 1,089

353rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2016 February

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 1800X vs Xeon E5-2650 v4 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 1800X is faster than the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2650 v4 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 1800X. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 1800X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 1800X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650 v4. A Ryzen 7 1800X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 v4 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. 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.