Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS

Compare Intel 18 core CPU vs AMD 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

6495 points

6581 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5724 points

17% slightly better gaming score

4887 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6803 points

7174 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6991 points

7309 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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231.70 points

247.63 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

125% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

125% significantly more threads

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234th of 1,125

227th of 1,125

Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs Ryzen 7 8745HS specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8745HS beats the Xeon E5-2696 v3 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2696 v3 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2696 v3 has significantly more cores with 18 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 8745HS has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8745HS.

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 E5-2696 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.