AMD Ryzen 7 2700U vs Intel Xeon E5-2650

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile with Radeon RX Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 8 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
2944 points
26% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3661 points
4% slightly better gaming score
3493 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1930 points
2761 points
43% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1854 points
2710 points
46% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.25 points
58.36 points
28% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2409 points
4002 points
66% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

794 points
54% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
515 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2392 points
2564 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

792 points
96% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
403 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
35% slightly higher turbo speed
2.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
533% significantly lower TDP
95 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
547th 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 E5-2650 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2650 is faster than the Ryzen 7 2700U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2650 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 2700U. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2650 has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 7 2700U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 2700U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 2700U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 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.

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