AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Xeon E5-2630

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2630

Price

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$ 417.00

$ 439.38 significantly less expensive

$ 856.38

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2653 points

2% slightly better overall score

2586 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4214 points

17% slightly better gaming score

3592 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2184 points

2259 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2097 points

2183 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.99 points

39% slightly higher Blender score

38.04 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3185 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3117 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

955 points

87% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

510 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3133 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2380 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

962 points

114% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

448 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

39% slightly higher clock speed

2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

21% slightly higher turbo speed

2.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

601st of 1,089

610th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 1400 vs Xeon E5-2630 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 1400 beats the Xeon E5-2630 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2630 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2630 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 1400. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2630 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 1400. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1400. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 1400 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2630. Also, the Ryzen 5 1400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1400 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2630 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.