AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3

Price

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$ 198.00

$ 531.95 significantly less expensive

$ 729.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6345 points

3% slightly better overall score

6109 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points

40% slightly better gaming score

5454 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points

6350 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points

6447 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points

190.75 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8116 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6221 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1623 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

950 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8090 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7350 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1674 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1043 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

56% significantly higher clock speed

2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

107% significantly lower TDP

135 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

245th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2014 August

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 3700X vs Xeon E5-2698 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 3700X is faster than the Xeon E5-2698 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2698 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2698 v3 has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 3700X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3700X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 3700X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2698 v3. Also, the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3700X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2698 v3 CPU because of its significantly 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 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.