Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5560U

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 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

5072 points

4% slightly better overall score

4837 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5077 points

6909 points

36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5065 points

20% slightly better multitasking score

4216 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5049 points

23% slightly better heavy workload score

4083 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

110.36 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

103.14 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4332 points

6293 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

561 points

1663 points

196% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

130 W

15 W

766% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

343rd of 1,089

361st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Ryzen 5 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August

2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2697 v2 vs Ryzen 5 5560U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2697 v2 is faster than the Ryzen 5 5560U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5560U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5560U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5560U. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 5560U.

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 E5-2697 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.