Intel Xeon E5-2640 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

Compare Intel Xeon E5 Family 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 2000 Series 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

2849 points

5% slightly better overall score

2711 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3820 points

4257 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2537 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

2242 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2462 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

2151 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.31 points

13% slightly higher Blender score

41.85 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3360 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2399 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

558 points

944 points

69% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2265 points

2520 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

450 points

868 points

92% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.50 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz

3.6 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

15 W

533% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

2 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

15 MiB

274% significantly more L3 cache

4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

560th of 1,089

587th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 Family

Ryzen PRO 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February

2019 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2640 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2640 performs better than the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2640 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2640 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2640 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U has more L2 cache than the Xeon E5-2640. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2640 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U.

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 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.