AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 6 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
12% slightly better overall score
1767 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3127 points
12% slightly better gaming score
2784 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1653 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
1446 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1584 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score
1388 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2311 points
2526 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

830 points
80% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
461 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2396 points
2743 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

818 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
617 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
33% slightly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
1.9 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

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

718th of 1,089
763rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics
Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 October
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Xeon E5-2609 v3 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2500U beats the Xeon E5-2609 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2609 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2609 v3 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 2500U that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads than the Xeon E5-2609 v3. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2609 v3. A Ryzen 5 2500U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2609 v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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