AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

AMD Ryzen 7 2700
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2018
AMD Ryzen 7 2700
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
2500 MHz / Cores: 10 / Sep 2013
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    150%
  • Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    171%
  • Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    130%
  • Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Much higher single threaded performance (around 71% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 30% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
50 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 50% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

None

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
XFR
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
Intel VT-x
Intel VT-d
AES-NI
F16C
EPT
ECC

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsServer
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsIvy Bridge-EP
Release DateMar 2018vsSep 2013

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
Cores8vs10
Threads16vs20
SMPs1vs2
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs25600 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2011
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size192mm²vs160mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs2500 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs3300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs115 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    4510 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
    3399 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    34355 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
    30900 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    1561
  • Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (simulated)
    1195.99

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (simulated)
    169.66
  • Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (simulated)
    99

points - higher is better