AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 199.99
$ 194.09
$ 5.90 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5158 points
4% slightly better overall score
4924 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6248 points
36% slightly better gaming score
4566 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4785 points
5084 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4674 points
5215 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.70 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
112.68 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5343 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5202 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1083 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
855 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5518 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5366 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1116 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
899 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
39% slightly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
36% slightly higher turbo speed
3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
61% significantly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

332nd of 1,089
355th 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 E5-2650 v3 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 2700 is faster than the Xeon E5-2650 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2650 v3 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2650 v3 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 2700. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2650 v3 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 2700. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 2700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650 v3. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 2700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 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 2700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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