AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4

Price

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$ 170.99

$ 827.96 significantly less expensive

$ 998.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5776 points

5909 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6952 points

33% slightly better gaming score

5194 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5375 points

6150 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5256 points

6231 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.45 points

200.55 points

34% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6148 points

6450 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1232 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

807 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6111 points

7020 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1254 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

933 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

76% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.35 GHz

44% significantly higher turbo speed

3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

14% slightly lower TDP

120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

271st of 1,089

259th 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 2700X vs Xeon E5-2683 v4 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2683 v4 is faster than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2683 v4 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2683 v4 has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 2700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 2700X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2683 v4. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700X has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 2700X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2683 v4 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.