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Xeon E5-1620 v2 vs Ryzen 9 7950X

Xeon E5-1620 v2 vs Ryzen 9 7950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7950X outperforms Xeon E5-1620 v2 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7950X is 3304 days newer than Xeon E5-1620 v2.

Advantages of Xeon E5-1620 v2

  • Consumes up to 24% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X - 130 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 7950X

  • Performs up to 30% better in Battlefield IV than Xeon E5-1620 v2 - 491 vs 379 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 - 32 vs 8 threads
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 doesn't have integrated graphics
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Battlefield IV

Battlefield IV

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 Logo
Xeon E5-1620 v2

Server/Workstation • Sep 10th, 2013


FPS

379

77%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


FPS

491

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.02/FPS

100%

Price, $

$499

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

Buy for $499 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 189 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 Logo
Xeon E5-1620 v2

Server/Workstation • Sep 10th, 2013

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 Logo
Xeon E5-1620 v2

Server/Workstation • Sep 10th, 2013


Single-Core

644

22%

Multi-Core

2356

12%

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


Single-Core

2938

100%

Multi-Core

19293

100%

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 Logo

Xeon E5-1620 v2

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo

Ryzen 9 7950X

Sep 10th, 2013Release Date
Sep 27th, 2022
Xeon E5CollectionRyzen 9
Ivy BridgeCodenameRaphael
Intel Socket 2011SocketAMD Socket AM5
Server
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
16
8Threads
32
3.7 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.5 GHz
3.9 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.7 GHz
130 W
TDP170 W
22 nmProcess Size
5 nm
37.0xMultiplier
45.0x
NoneIntegrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics
NoOverclockable
Yes

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