AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 417.00
$ 71.88 slightly less expensive
$ 488.88

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2653 points
0.38% slightly better overall score
2643 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4214 points
14% slightly better gaming score
3683 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2184 points
2305 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2097 points
2228 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.99 points
55.40 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3185 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2510 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

955 points
96% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
487 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3133 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2421 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

962 points
98% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
485 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
23% slightly lower TDP
80 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

601st of 1,089
603rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2013 August

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 v2 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2630 v2 performs better than the Ryzen 5 1400. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2630 v2 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 1400. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2630 v2 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 1400. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2630 v2. Also, the Ryzen 5 1400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1400 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2630 v2 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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