Intel Xeon X5670 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Compare Intel Xeon 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 4 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

3118 points

3147 points

0.93% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4250 points

4989 points

17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2751 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

2595 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2664 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

2494 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

51.81 points

64.47 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2310 points

3685 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

491 points

1171 points

138% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.93 GHz

4% slightly higher clock speed

2.80 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.33 GHz

4.3 GHz

29% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

15 W

533% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

2 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

200% significantly more L3 cache

4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

522nd of 1,089

518th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2010 February

2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon X5670 vs Ryzen 5 7520U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon X5670 beats the Ryzen 5 7520U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7520U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon X5670 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7520U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7520U. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon X5670 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7520U outputs less heat than Xeon X5670 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 7520U has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon X5670. Despite this, the Xeon X5670 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U.

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 X5670 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.