Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v2 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

3764 points
6306 points
67% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4552 points
8479 points
86% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3492 points
5619 points
60% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3415 points
5454 points
59% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

71.99 points
163.82 points
127% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3167 points
9274 points
192% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

518 points
2302 points
344% 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
4.30 GHz
65% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
5 GHz
47% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
54 W
75% 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

454th of 1,089
235th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v2 Family
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Xeon E5-2650 v2 vs Ryzen 5 7640HS benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7640HS performs better than the Xeon E5-2650 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2650 v2 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2650 v2 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7640HS has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650 v2. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640HS outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2650 v2 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 E5-2650 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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