AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 184.99
$ 26.96 slightly less expensive
$ 211.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7430 points
22% slightly better overall score
6066 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8722 points
52% significantly better gaming score
5717 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7004 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
6174 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6877 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
6198 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

196.94 points
0.67% slightly higher Blender score
195.63 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8659 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6195 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1948 points
97% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
988 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8946 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6901 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2013 points
96% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1027 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
28
75% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
58% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
39% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
84% significantly lower TDP
120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

168th of 1,089
247th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop
Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 5700G vs Xeon E5-2680 v4 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5700G beats the Xeon E5-2680 v4 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2680 v4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5700G that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5700G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v4. Also, the Ryzen 7 5700G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5700G CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 v4 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 5700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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