Intel Xeon E5-2650 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Compare Intel Xeon E5 Family 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

2944 points
3147 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3493 points
4989 points
42% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2761 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
2595 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2710 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
2494 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

58.36 points
64.47 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2564 points
3685 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

403 points
1171 points
190% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.80 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.8 GHz
4.3 GHz
53% significantly 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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

547th of 1,089
518th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 Family
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Xeon E5-2650 vs Ryzen 5 7520U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2650 beats the Ryzen 5 7520U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7520U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2650 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2650 has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7520U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650. Also, the Ryzen 5 7520U has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7520U outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2650 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 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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