AMD Ryzen 7 5800U vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

Last updated: 2023-08-10

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 7 5800U		Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 7 5800U or Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800U has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800U was released in Q1/2021. The Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 was released in Q3/2013.

AMD Ryzen 7 (68)	Family	Intel Xeon E5 (71)
AMD Ryzen 5000U (13)	CPU group	Intel Xeon E5 v2 (15)
4	Generation	4
Cezanne (Zen 3)	Architecture	Ivy Bridge EP
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	Successor	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 7 5800U has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800U is 1.90 GHz (4.40 GHz) while the Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 is at 2.60 GHz (3.40 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
8	Cores	8
16	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.90 GHz	Frequency	2.60 GHz
4.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.40 GHz
3.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.00 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Ryzen 7 5800U or Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)	GPU	no iGPU
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	--
2.00 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9	GPU Generation	--
7 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
8	Compute units	--
512	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 7 5800U can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 supports up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR3-1600
32 GB	Max. Memory	768 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	4 (Quad Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
Yes	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
16.00 MB	L3 Cache	20.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
12	PCIe lanes	40
11.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800U is 15 W, while the Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 has a TDP of 95 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
15 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	95 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
25 W	TDP up	--
10 W	TDP down	--
105 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 7 5800U is manufactured in 7 nm and has 16.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 20.00 MB cache.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
7 nm	Technology	22 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
FP6	Socket	LGA 2011
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2021	Release date	Q3/2013
--	Release price	900 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 7 5800U (100%)

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 (41%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 7 5800U (100%)

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 (63%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1414 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	622 (44%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	6880 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	4893 (71%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1837 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	632 (34%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	6967 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	3808 (55%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	543 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	249 (46%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	4320 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	2166 (50%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	18707 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	13236 (71%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8C 16T @ 1.90 GHz	4314 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz	3008 (70%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1478 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	11203 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 2.00 GHz	2048 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	143 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	312 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	128 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	966 (100%)

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