AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

Price

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$ 235.99

$ 19.60 slightly less expensive

$ 255.59

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5542 points

5922 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6612 points

28% slightly better gaming score

5151 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5172 points

6183 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5056 points

6280 points

24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.60 points

192.94 points

36% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5675 points

7657 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1118 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1060 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5693 points

7404 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1144 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1086 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

75% 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

11% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

52% significantly lower TDP

145 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

271st 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 E5-2697 v3 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2697 v3 beats the Ryzen 7 1800X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1800X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2697 v3 has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 1800X that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 1800X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2697 v3. Also, the Ryzen 7 1800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 1800X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2697 v3 CPU because of its significantly 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.