AMD Ryzen 5 2400GE vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3354 points
4% slightly better overall score
3224 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5297 points
43% significantly better gaming score
3691 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2767 points
3095 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2656 points
3090 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
10
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
20
150% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
45% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed
3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
171% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

497th of 1,089
508th 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 April
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 2400GE vs Xeon E5-2660 v2 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2400GE is faster than the Xeon E5-2660 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2660 v2 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2660 v2 has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 2400GE has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2400GE. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2400GE has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2660 v2. Also, the Ryzen 5 2400GE has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2400GE CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2660 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 2400GE has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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