AMD Ryzen 3 2300U vs Intel Xeon E5-2670

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1981 points

2679 points

35% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3542 points

3763 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1521 points

2311 points

51% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1456 points

2218 points

52% significantly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2097 points

3089 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

809 points

64% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

491 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2768 points

3052 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

952 points

88% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

505 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz

2.6 GHz

30% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

666% significantly lower TDP

115 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

723rd of 1,089

596th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 August

2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 3 2300U vs Xeon E5-2670 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2670 is faster than the Ryzen 3 2300U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 2300U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2670 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 2300U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 2300U. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2670 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 3 2300U. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 2300U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2300U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2670 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Ryzen 3 2300U has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.