Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700U

Last updated: 2023-05-08

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2		AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
CPU comparison Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 or AMD Ryzen 7 2700U - 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 Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 768 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 was released in Q3/2013. The AMD Ryzen 7 2700U has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 2700U was released in Q4/2017.

Intel Xeon E5 (71)	Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (68)
Intel Xeon E5 v2 (15)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 2000U (7)
4	Generation	1
Ivy Bridge EP	Architecture	Raven Ridge (Zen)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 is 2.60 GHz (3.40 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 7 2700U has 4 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 7 2700U is at 2.20 GHz (3.80 GHz).
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
8	Cores	4
16	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.60 GHz	Frequency	2.20 GHz
3.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.80 GHz
3.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.40 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.
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 or AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 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.
no iGPU	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 (Raven Ridge)
	GPU frequency	1.30 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	8
	Technology	14 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	10
--	Shader	640
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
--	DirectX Version	12

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.
no iGPU	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 (Raven Ridge)
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 can use up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 7 2700U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
DDR3-1600	Memory	DDR4-2400
768 GB	Max. Memory	32 GB
4 (Quad Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
Yes	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
20.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
40	PCIe lanes	12
39.4 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 is 95 W, while the AMD Ryzen 7 2700U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
95 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	25 W
--	TDP down	12 W
--	Tjunction max.	95 °C
Technical details The Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 is manufactured in 22 nm and has 20.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 7 2700U is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
22 nm	Technology	14 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 2011	Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2013	Release date	Q4/2017
900 $	Release price	225 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 (87%)

AMD Ryzen 7 2700U (87%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 6 CPU benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 (100%)

AMD Ryzen 7 2700U (57%)

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.


	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	622 (94%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	665 (100%)

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.


	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	4893 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	2411 (49%)

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.


	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	632 (61%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1040 (100%)

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.


	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	3808 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	2930 (77%)

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.


	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	249 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	120 (48%)

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.


	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	2166 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	935 (43%)

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.


	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	13236 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	7004 (53%)

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.


	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz	3008 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1539 (51%)

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.


	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	128 (93%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	138 (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.


	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	966 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	662 (69%)

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.


	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	823 (100%)

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.


	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	2586 (100%)

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.


	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.30 GHz	1664 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	576.6 (100%)

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.


	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	312 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)

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