AMD Ryzen 7 2700U vs Intel Xeon X5680

Ryzen 7 2700U vs Xeon X5680 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon X5680 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 X5680 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 2700U. Indeed, the Xeon X5680 has 6 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 Xeon X5680 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 2700U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 2700U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5680 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700U has significantly more L2 cache than the Xeon X5680. The Ryzen 7 2700U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.