Xeon E5-2660 v3 vs Ryzen 3 5425U specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2660 v3 beats the Ryzen 3 5425U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 5425U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2660 v3 has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 5425U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 5425U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 5425U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2660 v3. Also, the Ryzen 3 5425U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 3 5425U outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2660 v3 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
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 E5-2660 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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