AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Xeon E5-2470 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 170.99
$ 1793.71 significantly less expensive
$ 1964.70

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5776 points
5777 points
0.02% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6952 points
58% significantly better gaming score
4385 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5375 points
6307 points
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5256 points
6615 points
25% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.45 points
51% significantly higher Blender score
98.72 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6148 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5077 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1232 points
116% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
570 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6111 points
93% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3155 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1254 points
162% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
477 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

3.7 GHz
54% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.35 GHz
35% slightly higher turbo speed
3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
95 W
10% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
3
49% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

271st of 1,089
270th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2014 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 2700X vs Xeon E5-2470 v2 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 2700X performs better than the Xeon E5-2470 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2470 v2 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2470 v2 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2470 v2 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 2700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2470 v2. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2470 v2 outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 2700X thanks to a slightly 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 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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