AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W 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
$ 349.96 significantly less expensive
$ 549.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5158 points
3% slightly better overall score
4981 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6248 points
12% slightly better gaming score
5531 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4785 points
0.06% slightly better multitasking score
4782 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4674 points
4706 points
0.68% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.70 points
151.35 points
16% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5343 points
6836 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1083 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
987 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5518 points
6616 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1116 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1070 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
3% slightly higher clock speed
3.10 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
17% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
146% significantly lower TDP
160 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
60% significantly more L2 cache
2.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
25 MiB
56% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

332nd of 1,089
351st 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 E5-2687W v3 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 2700 beats the Xeon E5-2687W v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2687W v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2687W v3 has slightly more cores with 10 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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2687W v3. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 2700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2687W v3 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 significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon E5-2687W v3. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2687W v3 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 2700.

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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