AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 199.99
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$ 6964.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5158 points
3% slightly better overall score
5000 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6248 points
28% slightly better gaming score
4860 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4785 points
5053 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4674 points
5066 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.70 points
201.57 points
55% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5518 points
6391 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1116 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
958 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
28
75% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
59% significantly higher clock speed
2.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed
3.2 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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
14% slightly more L2 cache
3.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
35 MiB
118% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

332nd of 1,089
348th 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 E5-2660 v4 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 2700 beats the Xeon E5-2660 v4 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2660 v4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has significantly more cores with 14 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 E5-2660 v4. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 2700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2660 v4 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 2700 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon E5-2660 v4. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 2700.

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 2700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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