AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8268. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2018
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Released
Q2/2019
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8268
Intel Xeon Platinum 8268

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 7 2700X or Intel Xeon Platinum 8268? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X has a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 105 W. Released in Q2/2018.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 has a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. 24 Cores. Power consumption of 205 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    304 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 22% better clock speed

    3.70 GHz left arrow 2.90 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 9% better overclocked clock speed

    4.30 GHz left arrow 3.90 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    105 W left arrow 205 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 2700X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    267 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    173 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    301 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    167 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    230 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    166 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    484 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    386 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    49 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    144 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    27 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    133 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    15 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    93 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    319 place
  • More number of cores

    About 3 times more cores

    24 left arrow 8

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    385 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    107 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 Intel Xeon Platinum 8268
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Xeon Platinum
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 2
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 2000 left arrow Intel Xeon Platinum 8200/9200
  • Successor
    AMD Ryzen 7 3700X left arrow --
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.70 GHz left arrow 2.90 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 24
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.30 GHz left arrow 3.90 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 48
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 and AMD Ryzen 7 2700X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2933 left arrow DDR4-2933
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 6
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 48
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    105 W left arrow 205 W
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L3-Cache
    16.00 MB left arrow 35.75 MB
  • Architecture
    Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+) left arrow Cascade Lake
  • Technology
    12 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 3647
  • Release date
    Q2/2018 left arrow Q2/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and Intel Xeon Platinum 8268.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
411
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
366
Intel Xeon Platinum 8268
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
16970
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
33645
Intel Xeon Platinum 8268

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