AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 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

4180 points
4438 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5656 points
17% slightly better gaming score
4819 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3723 points
4302 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3608 points
4265 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.46 points
0.04% slightly higher Blender score
100.42 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5751 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3964 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1605 points
192% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
549 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5709 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3854 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1617 points
187% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
563 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20
66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
2.8 GHz
21% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
666% significantly lower TDP
115 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

422nd of 1,089
396th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 5 5600U vs Xeon E5-2680 v2 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2680 v2 is faster than the Ryzen 5 5600U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2680 v2 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600U. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2680 v2 has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600U. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2680 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 5600U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 v2 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 5600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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