Ryzen 5 8500G vs Xeon E5-2687W v3 specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 8500G beats the Xeon E5-2687W v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2687W v3 in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2687W v3 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2687W v3 has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8500G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2687W v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a much higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 8500G CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2687W v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 8500G has more L2 cache than the Xeon E5-2687W v3. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2687W v3 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G.
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 8500G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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