Intel Xeon E5-2640 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U

Compare Intel Xeon E5 Family 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 3000 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
1% slightly better overall score
2795 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3820 points
4675 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2537 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
2258 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2462 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
2176 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.31 points
53.58 points
13% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3360 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2545 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

558 points
911 points
63% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2265 points
2954 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

450 points
929 points
106% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.50 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz
4 GHz
33% 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

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

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
570th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 Family
Ryzen PRO 3000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February
2019 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Xeon E5-2640 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2640 beats the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2640 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2640 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U has slightly more L2 cache than the Xeon E5-2640. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2640 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U.

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 E5-2640 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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