AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

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

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Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

Price

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$ 199.99

$ 63.20

$ 136.79 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5158 points

1% slightly better overall score

5079 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6248 points

20% slightly better gaming score

5205 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4785 points

5069 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4674 points

5131 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.70 points

14% slightly higher Blender score

113.01 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5343 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5241 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1083 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1004 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5518 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5384 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1116 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1040 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

23% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

38% slightly lower TDP

90 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

332nd of 1,089

341st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

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 2700 vs Xeon E5-2640 v3 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2640 v3 beats the Ryzen 7 2700 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2640 v3. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 2700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2640 v3 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.