AMD Ryzen 7 2700U vs Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile with Radeon RX Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 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

2495 points

7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3661 points

5% slightly better gaming score

3457 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1930 points

2187 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1854 points

2116 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.25 points

51% significantly higher Blender score

29.84 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2409 points

3177 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

794 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

517 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2392 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2144 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

792 points

79% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

440 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

Identical

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

40% slightly higher turbo speed

2.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

433% significantly lower TDP

80 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

653rd of 1,089

628th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile with Radeon RX Vega Graphics

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 October

2014 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 7 2700U vs Xeon E5-2420 v2 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2420 v2 beats the Ryzen 7 2700U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2420 v2 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 2700U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 2700U. Both the Ryzen 7 2700U and Xeon E5-2420 v2 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 2700U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2420 v2 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.