Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 16 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 16 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

8324 points
8% slightly better overall score
7707 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6186 points
10126 points
63% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9116 points
31% slightly better multitasking score
6950 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9598 points
42% slightly better heavy workload score
6726 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

224.42 points
234.24 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8264 points
14785 points
78% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1062 points
2607 points
145% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
100% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.60 GHz
2.9 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
5.4 GHz
49% significantly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
42% many more pcie lanes
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
28 MiB
599% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

40 MiB
66% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

134th of 1,089
158th 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
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR5-8400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Xeon E5-2697A v4 vs Core Ultra 9 285H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2697A v4 is faster than the Core Ultra 9 285H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon E5-2697A v4 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2697A v4. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a significantly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more L2 cache than the Xeon E5-2697A v4. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2697A v4 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 285H.

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 E5-2697A v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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