Xeon E5-2640 v3 vs Ryzen 5 7640U specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2640 v3 beats the Ryzen 5 7640U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7640U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2640 v3 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7640U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2640 v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640U outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2640 v3 thanks to a 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 Xeon E5-2640 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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