Xeon E7-2850 v2 vs Ryzen 7 3700X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon E7-2850 v2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking508not rated
Place by popularity73not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.50no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7no data
Power efficiency20.66no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)no data
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)1 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon E7-2850 v2 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1624
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus rateno data7.2 GT/s
L1 cache96K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)no data
L3 cache32 MB24 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm22 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data68 °C
Number of transistors19,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon E7-2850 v2 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
SocketAM4FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon E7-2850 v2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
PAEno data46 Bit
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon E7-2850 v2 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon E7-2850 v2 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon E7-2850 v2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size128 GB1.5 TB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/s68 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon E7-2850 v2.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data32

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 July 2019 1 January 2014
Physical cores 8 12
Threads 16 24
Chip lithography 7 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 105 Watt

Ryzen 7 3700X has an age advantage of 5 years, a 214.3% more advanced lithography process, and 61.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-2850 v2, on the other hand, has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 3700X and Xeon E7-2850 v2. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 7 3700X is a desktop processor while Xeon E7-2850 v2 is a server/workstation one.


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