Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155U

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 core CPU vs Intel 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4438 points
4819 points
8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4819 points
7087 points
47% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4302 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
4161 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4265 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
4014 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Xeon E5-2680 v2 and the Core Ultra 7 155U? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.42 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
94.95 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
12
20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
42% many more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.8 GHz
33% 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

396th 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 E5-2680 v2 vs Core Ultra 7 155U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 155U is faster than the Xeon E5-2680 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2680 v2 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 155U has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2680 v2. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 155U has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Xeon E5-2680 v2. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2680 v2 has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 155U. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-2680 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 155U.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2680 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons