Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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

6017 points
2% slightly better overall score
5864 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5748 points
9087 points
58% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6099 points
24% slightly better multitasking score
4886 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6109 points
30% slightly better heavy workload score
4689 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

195.63 points
78% significantly higher Blender score
109.57 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6901 points
8824 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1027 points
2229 points
117% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
75% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
250% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz
4.5 GHz
36% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
400% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

255th of 1,099
270th of 1,099

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v4 Family
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 February
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR5-8533

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Xeon E5-2680 v4 vs Core Ultra 5 226V benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 is faster than the Core Ultra 5 226V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 226V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 226V. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 226V. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 226V. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 226V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 226V has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 E5-2680 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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