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Xeon E5-2420 vs Ryzen 7 3700X

Xeon E5-2420 vs Ryzen 7 3700X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 7 3700X outperforms Xeon E5-2420 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 7 3700X is 2610 days newer than Xeon E5-2420.

Advantages of Ryzen 7 3700X

  • Performs up to 13% better in Elden Ring than Xeon E5-2420 - 124 vs 110 FPS
  • Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Xeon E5-2420 - 65 vs 95 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E5-2420 - 16 vs 12 threads
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Elden Ring

Elden Ring

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo
Xeon E5-2420

Server/Workstation • May 14th, 2012


FPS

110

89%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo
Ryzen 7 3700X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


FPS

124

100%

Value, £/FPS

£2.86/FPS

100%

Price, £

£354.25

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8C/16T 3.60-4.40GHz Tray - 100-000000071

Buy for £354.25 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 241 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo
Xeon E5-2420

Server/Workstation • May 14th, 2012

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo
Ryzen 7 3700X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo
Xeon E5-2420

Server/Workstation • May 14th, 2012


Single-Core

372

22%

Multi-Core

1815

22%

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo
Ryzen 7 3700X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


Single-Core

1654

100%

Multi-Core

8102

100%

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo

Xeon E5-2420

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo

Ryzen 7 3700X

May 14th, 2012Release Date
Jul 7th, 2019
Xeon E5CollectionRyzen 7
Sandy Bridge-ENCodenameMatisse
Intel Socket 1356SocketAMD Socket AM4
Server
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
8
12Threads
16
1.9 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.6 GHz
2.4 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.4 GHz
95 WTDP
65 W
32 nmProcess Size
7 nm
19.0xMultiplier
36.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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£354.25

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£354.25

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£354.25

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£354.25

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£929.89

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Ryzen 7 3700X

£354.25

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£295

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£354.25

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£328.01

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£354.25

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£204

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£354.25

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£354.25

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£239.56

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£354.25

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£139.99

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£354.25

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£354.25

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£354.25

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£257.13

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£354.25

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£238.62

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£354.25

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£326.3

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£354.25

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£307.96

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£354.25

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£126.66

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Ryzen 7 3700X

£354.25

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£354.25

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£2,511.32

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Ryzen 7 3700X

£354.25

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£311.37

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£354.25

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