Ryzen 5 5500U vs Xeon E5-2640 v4 benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500U performs better than the Xeon E5-2640 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2640 v4 in all gaming tests too.
With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2640 v4 has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5500U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2640 v4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5500U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2640 v4 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 5500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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