AMD Ryzen 7 2700U vs Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile with Radeon RX Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 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

2327 points

15% slightly better overall score

2007 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3661 points

3728 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1930 points

26% slightly better multitasking score

1528 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1854 points

26% slightly better heavy workload score

1468 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.25 points

50.68 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2409 points

2942 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

794 points

1026 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2392 points

3227 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

792 points

1124 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

3.1 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

433% significantly lower TDP

80 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

653rd of 1,089

713th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile with Radeon RX Vega Graphics

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 October

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 7 2700U vs Xeon E3-1220 v3 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 2700U performs better than the Xeon E3-1220 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1220 v3 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 7 2700U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1220 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 2700U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 2700U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1220 v3 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 2700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.