AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

Price

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$ 850.00

$ 255.59

$ 594.41 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points

32% slightly better overall score

5860 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points

50% significantly better gaming score

4866 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points

27% slightly better multitasking score

6204 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points

25% slightly better heavy workload score

6340 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points

36% slightly higher Blender score

192.94 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7426 points

7657 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1060 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7404 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1086 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

14% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

30% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W

145 W

24% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

155th of 1,089

263rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 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 Threadripper 1950X vs Xeon E5-2697 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2697 v3 performs better than the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Xeon E5-2697 v3 has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2697 v3. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2697 v3. The Xeon E5-2697 v3 outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 1950X thanks to a 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 Threadripper 1950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.