AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

Price

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$ 109.99

$ 105.77

$ 4.22 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3189 points

4438 points

39% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4881 points

1% slightly better gaming score

4819 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2673 points

4302 points

60% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2565 points

4265 points

66% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

67.91 points

100.42 points

47% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3218 points

3964 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1031 points

87% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

549 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3230 points

3854 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1037 points

84% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

563 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

150% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

28% slightly higher clock speed

2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

76% 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

512th of 1,089

396th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 December

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 2400G vs Xeon E5-2680 v2 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2680 v2 is faster than the Ryzen 5 2400G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2400G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2680 v2 has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 2400G that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2400G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2400G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v2. Also, the Ryzen 5 2400G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2400G CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 v2 CPU because of its significantly 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 2400G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.