AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3

Price

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$ 235.99

$ 179.03 significantly less expensive

$ 415.02

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5542 points

0.73% slightly better overall score

5502 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6612 points

25% slightly better gaming score

5267 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5172 points

5565 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5056 points

5563 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4496 points

5872 points

30% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.60 points

165.47 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5675 points

6942 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1118 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1009 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5693 points

7090 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1144 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1072 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

38% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

42% slightly lower TDP

135 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

305th of 1,118

308th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2014 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 1800X vs Xeon E5-2690 v3 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 1800X is faster than the Xeon E5-2690 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2690 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2690 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 1800X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 1800X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 1800X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2690 v3. Also, the Ryzen 7 1800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1800X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 v3 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.