Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5860 points

11% slightly better overall score

5252 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4866 points

7216 points

48% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6204 points

34% slightly better multitasking score

4621 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6340 points

41% slightly better heavy workload score

4465 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Xeon E5-2697 v3 and the Ryzen 5 7640U? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

192.94 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

172.19 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7404 points

8481 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1086 points

2104 points

93% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

133% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.50 GHz

34% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

4.9 GHz

36% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

145 W

28 W

417% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

263rd of 1,089

317th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2023 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2697 v3 vs Ryzen 5 7640U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2697 v3 is faster than the Ryzen 5 7640U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7640U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2697 v3 has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7640U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2697 v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640U outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2697 v3 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 E5-2697 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.