AMD Ryzen 7 2700U vs Intel Xeon E5-430

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile with Radeon RX Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 4 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
3% slightly better overall score
2250 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3661 points
16% slightly better gaming score
3133 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1930 points
1956 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1854 points
1887 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.25 points
388% significantly higher Blender score
9.25 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2409 points
104% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1179 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

794 points
111% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
376 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2392 points
129% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1041 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

792 points
122% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
356 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
2.66 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
433% significantly lower TDP
80 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
12 MiB
499% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

653rd of 1,089
673rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile with Radeon RX Vega Graphics
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 October
2007 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Ryzen 7 2700U vs Xeon E5-430 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-430 beats the Ryzen 7 2700U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 7 2700U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-430 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 2700U. A Ryzen 7 2700U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-430 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 Xeon E5-430 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 2700U

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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