AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Xeon X5570

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
2200 points
10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3127 points
3421 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1653 points
1823 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1584 points
1750 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2311 points
2624 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

830 points
53% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
541 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2396 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1741 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

818 points
70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
480 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.93 GHz
46% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
3.33 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
533% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
3
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
685th 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

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Xeon X5570 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon X5570 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon X5570 has a significantly 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 X5570 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 X5570. Despite this, the Xeon X5570 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 2500U.

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.

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