Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 16 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

5909 points
5922 points
0.22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5194 points
9414 points
81% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6150 points
26% slightly better multitasking score
4857 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6231 points
34% slightly better heavy workload score
4631 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

200.55 points
65% significantly higher Blender score
121.07 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7020 points
9727 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

933 points
2431 points
160% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
300% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
2.2 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz
4.8 GHz
60% significantly 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

259th of 1,089
257th of 1,089

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 E5-2683 v4 vs Core Ultra 7 256V comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2683 v4 beats the Core Ultra 7 256V in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2683 v4 has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2683 v4 has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core Ultra 7 256V. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2683 v4. Also, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a significantly higher turbo speed.

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 E5-2683 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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