Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

Compare Intel 10 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

4823 points

5252 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5321 points

7216 points

35% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4658 points

0.80% slightly better multitasking score

4621 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4614 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

4465 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

152.03 points

172.19 points

13% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.90 GHz

3.50 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB

6 MiB

139% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

56% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

363rd of 1,089

317th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Xeon E5-2666 v3 vs Ryzen 5 7640U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2666 v3 performs better than the Ryzen 5 7640U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7640U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2666 v3 has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7640U that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2666 v3. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 7640U has more L2 cache than the Xeon E5-2666 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2666 v3 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 7640U.

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 E5-2666 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.