AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Xeon E5-1620

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-1620

Price

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$ 198.00

$ 153.08

$ 44.92 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6345 points

131% significantly better overall score

2735 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points

78% significantly better gaming score

4274 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points

159% significantly better multitasking score

2280 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points

163% significantly better heavy workload score

2192 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points

342% significantly higher Blender score

40.70 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8116 points

255% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2284 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1623 points

174% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

592 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8090 points

260% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2244 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1674 points

173% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

611 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

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

15% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

100% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd of 1,089

582nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2012 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 3700X vs Xeon E5-1620 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 3700X is faster than the Xeon E5-1620. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1620 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 3700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Xeon E5-1620 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-1620. According to our data, the Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon E5-1620 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3700X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1620 CPU because of its significantly 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 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.