Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 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

5079 points
5252 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5205 points
7216 points
38% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5069 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
4621 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5131 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score
4465 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

113.01 points
172.19 points
52% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5384 points
8481 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1040 points
2104 points
102% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.50 GHz
34% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
4.9 GHz
44% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

90 W
28 W
221% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

341st of 1,089
317th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2023 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

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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