Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Xeon E5-2420 v2 vs Ryzen 5 7520U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2420 v2 performs better than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7520U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2420 v2 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7520U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to 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.