AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 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

5776 points

6% slightly better overall score

5409 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6952 points

30% slightly better gaming score

5325 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5375 points

5414 points

0.73% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5256 points

5392 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4802 points

7650 points

59% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.45 points

164.10 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6148 points

6377 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1232 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

967 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6111 points

6701 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1254 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1012 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

14% slightly lower TDP

120 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

271st of 1,089

303rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 2700X vs Xeon E5-2678 v3 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 2700X performs better than the Xeon E5-2678 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2678 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 2700X that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 2700X. A Ryzen 7 2700X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2678 v3 CPU because of its 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.