Ryzen 7 5800U vs Xeon E5-2690 v2 specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2690 v2 beats the Ryzen 7 5800U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2690 v2 has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5800U that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800U. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2690 v2 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 5800U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 v2 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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