AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 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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$ 850.00

$ 729.95

$ 120.05 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points

27% slightly better overall score

6109 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points

33% slightly better gaming score

5454 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points

24% slightly better multitasking score

6350 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points

23% slightly better heavy workload score

6447 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

190.75 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7426 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6221 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

950 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7350 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1043 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

47% significantly higher clock speed

2.3 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

135 W

33% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

154th of 1,089

245th 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 E5-2698 v3 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X beats the Xeon E5-2698 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2698 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2698 v3. Also, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2698 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.