Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop 8 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

4385 points

22% slightly better overall score

3588 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4645 points

5548 points

19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4290 points

44% significantly better multitasking score

2965 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4267 points

48% significantly better heavy workload score

2883 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

94.52 points

137.16 points

45% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3460 points

6064 points

75% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

496 points

903 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3408 points

5310 points

55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

497 points

1071 points

115% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.4 GHz

36% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz

3.8 GHz

15% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

115 W

95 W

21% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

402nd of 1,089

476th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August

2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2670 v2 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2670 v2 is faster than the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2670 v2 has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2670 v2. Also, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2670 v2 thanks to a slightly 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 Xeon E5-2670 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.