AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Xeon E5-649

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

3% slightly better overall score

1937 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3127 points

0.13% slightly better gaming score

3123 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1653 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

1567 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1584 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

1504 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

41.24 points

55.00 points

33% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2396 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2109 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

818 points

97% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

415 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz

2.53 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

2.93 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

33% slightly more L2 cache

1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB

12 MiB

200% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

718th of 1,089

730th 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

2011 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 E5-649 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-649 performs better than the Ryzen 5 2500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2500U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-649 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 2500U. Indeed, the Xeon E5-649 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 2500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads than the Xeon E5-649. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-649 has a slightly 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 E5-649 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 slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon E5-649. Despite this, the Xeon E5-649 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.