Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2 vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 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

2495 points

2521 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3457 points

4552 points

31% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2187 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

1942 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2116 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

1863 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

3.5 GHz

59% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.7 GHz

3.7 GHz

37% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

80 W

65 W

23% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

628th of 1,089

623rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Ryzen 3 PRO Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 February

2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2420 v2 vs Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G beats the Xeon E5-2420 v2 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2420 v2 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2420 v2 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G has a significantly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2420 v2.

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 Xeon E5-2420 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.