AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Xeon E5-520

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

19% slightly better overall score

1676 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3127 points

25% slightly better gaming score

2485 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1653 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

1418 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1584 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

1363 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

41.24 points

91% significantly higher Blender score

21.48 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2311 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1691 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

830 points

115% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

385 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2396 points

67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1430 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

818 points

125% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

362 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

2.26 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

42% slightly higher turbo speed

2.53 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

49% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB

8 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

718th of 1,089

780th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 October

2009 February

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 E5-520 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-520 performs better than the Ryzen 5 2500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2500U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-520 has a slightly higher clock speed than 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 E5-520 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 2500U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon E5-520. Despite this, the Xeon E5-520 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 2500U.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.