AMD Ryzen 7 2700 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

5158 points
3% slightly better overall score
4970 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6248 points
29% slightly better gaming score
4831 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4785 points
5013 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4674 points
5022 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.70 points
147.11 points
13% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5343 points
99% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2679 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1083 points
95% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
554 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5518 points
79% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3070 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1116 points
68% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
661 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
45% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
41% slightly higher turbo speed
2.9 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
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

2018 April
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 2700 vs Xeon E5-2650 v4 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2650 v4 beats the Ryzen 7 2700 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 2700 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 2700. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 2700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 2700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 v4 CPU because of its significantly 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.

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