AMD Ryzen 7 5800U vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 12 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

5087 points
0.30% slightly better overall score
5072 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6161 points
21% slightly better gaming score
5077 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4760 points
5065 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4676 points
5049 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.86 points
26% slightly higher Blender score
110.36 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6263 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4379 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1671 points
196% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
564 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6881 points
58% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4332 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1741 points
210% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
561 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.9 GHz
2.7 GHz
42% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
766% significantly lower TDP
130 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

340th of 1,089
343rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile
Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 5800U vs Xeon E5-2697 v2 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800U performs better than the Xeon E5-2697 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2697 v2 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 5800U has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800U. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to 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 E5-2697 v2 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 5800U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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