AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X vs Intel Xeon X5680

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 6 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

3588 points
4570 points
27% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5548 points
23% slightly better gaming score
4503 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2965 points
4578 points
54% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2883 points
4568 points
58% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

137.16 points
143% significantly higher Blender score
56.43 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6064 points
134% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2584 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

903 points
68% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
535 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5310 points
114% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2476 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1071 points
101% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
532 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.33 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
36% slightly lower TDP
130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
3
49% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
19404% significantly more L2 cache
0.02 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
1500% significantly more L3 cache
1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

476th of 1,089
383rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 June
2010 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 PRO 1700X vs Xeon X5680 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon X5680 is faster than the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has slightly more cores than the Xeon X5680. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Xeon X5680. It also has more threads than the Xeon X5680. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5680. Also, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5680 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has more L2 cache than the Xeon X5680. The Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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