Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 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

6109 points

6306 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5454 points

8479 points

55% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6350 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

5619 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6447 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

5454 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

190.75 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

163.82 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7350 points

9274 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1043 points

2302 points

120% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

4.30 GHz

86% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

5 GHz

38% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

135 W

54 W

150% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

245th of 1,089

235th 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 April

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 E5-2698 v3 vs Ryzen 5 7640HS comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2698 v3 is faster than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2698 v3 has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7640HS that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2698 v3. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640HS outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2698 v3 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 E5-2698 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.