Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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
10% slightly better overall score
4604 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5077 points
6298 points
24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5065 points
24% slightly better multitasking score
4083 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5049 points
27% slightly better heavy workload score
3956 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

110.36 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
104.53 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4332 points
5620 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

561 points
1634 points
191% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
100% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
35% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.5 GHz
28% 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

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

343rd of 1,089
380th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v2 Family
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Xeon E5-2697 v2 vs Ryzen 5 7530U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2697 v2 is faster than the Ryzen 5 7530U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7530U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7530U that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7530U. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 7530U.

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.

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