Intel Xeon E5-2643 v2 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155U

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 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

4657 points
4819 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5043 points
7087 points
40% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4542 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
4161 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4510 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
4014 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
66% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4.8 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
100% significantly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

768 GiB
700% significantly more supported memory
96 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

373rd of 1,089
364th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v2 Family
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR5-7467

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Xeon E5-2643 v2 vs Core Ultra 7 155U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 155U beats the Xeon E5-2643 v2 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2643 v2 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 155U has significantly more cores than the Xeon E5-2643 v2. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 155U has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Xeon E5-2643 v2. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2643 v2. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2643 v2 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 155U. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 155U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2643 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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