AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Xeon E3-1220

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 Family 4 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

1996 points

6% slightly better overall score

1881 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3127 points

3441 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1653 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

1439 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1584 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

1379 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

41.24 points

48% significantly higher Blender score

27.68 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2311 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2143 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

830 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

649 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2396 points

51% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1577 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

818 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

532 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz

3.1 GHz

55% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

433% significantly lower TDP

80 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

718th of 1,089

746th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics

Xeon E3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 October

2011 May

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 5 2500U vs Xeon E3-1220 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 2500U performs better than the Xeon E3-1220. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1220 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1220 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2500U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2500U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1220 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 2500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.