AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 18 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

6495 points

12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6952 points

21% slightly better gaming score

5724 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5375 points

6803 points

26% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5256 points

6991 points

33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4802 points

6829 points

42% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.45 points

231.70 points

55% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6148 points

7392 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1232 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1060 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6111 points

8186 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1254 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1134 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

125% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

125% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

38% slightly lower TDP

145 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

271st of 1,089

221st 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 E5-2696 v3 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2696 v3 performs better than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2696 v3 has significantly more cores with 18 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 E5-2696 v3 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.