Intel Xeon E5-2470 v2 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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

5777 points
5864 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4385 points
9087 points
107% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6307 points
29% slightly better multitasking score
4886 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6615 points
41% slightly better heavy workload score
4689 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

98.72 points
109.57 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3155 points
8824 points
179% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

477 points
2229 points
367% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
150% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz
4.5 GHz
40% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

24
200% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

3
49% significantly more memory channels
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

384 GiB
2299% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

276th of 1,099
270th of 1,099

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v2 Family
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 February
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR5-8533

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Xeon E5-2470 v2 vs Core Ultra 5 226V comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 226V beats the Xeon E5-2470 v2 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2470 v2 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2470 v2 has slightly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 226V. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2470 v2 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 226V. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 226V. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2470 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 226V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 226V has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 Xeon E5-2470 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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