AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D or Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D was released in Q1/2023.

The Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 was released in Q3/2013.
AMD Ryzen 7 (68) Family Intel Xeon E5 (71)
AMD Ryzen 7000 (14) CPU group Intel Xeon E5 v2 (15)
6 Generation 4
Raphael (Zen 4) Architecture Ivy Bridge EP
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 4.20 GHz (5.00 GHz). The Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.40 GHz (4.00 GHz).

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8 Cores 8
16 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
4.20 GHz Frequency 3.40 GHz
5.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.00 GHz
4.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.60 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) GPU no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
2.20 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9 GPU Generation --
5 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
2 Compute units --
128 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 can connect up to 256 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
DDR5-5200 Memory DDR3-1866
128 GB Max. Memory 256 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
83.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 59.7 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
8.00 MB L2 Cache --
96.00 MB L3 Cache 25.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 3.0
24 PCIe lanes 40
94.5 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a TDP of 120 W, that of the Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 is 150 W.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
120 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 150 W
162 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
89 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a 104.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 cache has a total of 25.00 MB.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
5 nm Technology 22 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
AM5 (LGA 1718) Socket LGA 2011
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2023 Release date Q3/2013
-- Release price 1925 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 (35%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 (43%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
2137 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
869 (41%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
13620 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
6538 (48%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
2731 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
805 (29%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
14229 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
4775 (34%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
35060 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
16343 (47%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
107 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1115 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1811 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
17762 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) @ 2.20 GHz
563 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
297.1 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
154 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
1132 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
17,762 CB R23 MC @ 87 W
205 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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