Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Xeon E5-2695 v2 specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2695 v2 performs better than the Ryzen 9 5980HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2695 v2 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 5980HX has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5980HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2695 v2. Also, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5980HX CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2695 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 9 5980HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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