AMD Ryzen 7 2700U vs Intel Xeon E5-1650

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile with Radeon RX Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 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

2327 points
3446 points
48% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3661 points
4699 points
28% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1930 points
3046 points
57% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1854 points
2950 points
59% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.25 points
55.26 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2409 points
3081 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

794 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
640 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2392 points
2889 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

792 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
595 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
3.2 GHz
45% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
Identical
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
766% significantly lower TDP
130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

653rd of 1,089
490th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile with Radeon RX Vega Graphics
Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 October
2012 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 7 2700U vs Xeon E5-1650 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-1650 performs better than the Ryzen 7 2700U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-1650 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 2700U. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1650 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 7 2700U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 2700U. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-1650 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 2700U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Ryzen 7 2700U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1650 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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