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Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q3/2013
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
Released
Q2/2021
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AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

What's the best choice Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 or AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 has a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. 12 Cores. Power consumption of 130 W. Released in Q3/2013.

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX has a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 45 W. Released in Q2/2021.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    746 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    4 times more cores

    12 left arrow 8

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    371 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    204 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    809 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    200 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    975 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    338 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    534 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    48 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    494 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    130 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    310 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    171 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 18% better clock speed

    3.30 GHz left arrow 2.70 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 27 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.80 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.35 times less performance per watt

    45 W left arrow 130 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    109 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    69 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    141 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    178 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    259 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    117 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    152 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Family
    Intel Xeon E5 left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 4
  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon E5 v2 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000H
  • Successor
    Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 left arrow --
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    2.70 GHz left arrow 3.30 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    12 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    3.50 GHz left arrow 4.80 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    24 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir)
  • GPU frequency
    left arrow 1.90 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    left arrow 8
  • Shader
    left arrow 512
  • Max. GPU Memory
    -- left arrow 2 GB
  • Max. displays
    left arrow 3
  • Generation
    left arrow 9
  • DirectX Version
    left arrow 12
  • Technology
    left arrow 7 nm
  • Release date
    left arrow Q1/2020
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX and Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1866 left arrow DDR4-3200LPDDR4-4266
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 64 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    40 left arrow 12
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 and AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    130 W left arrow 45 W
  • TDP up
    -- left arrow 90 W
  • Tjunction max.
    -- left arrow 105 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 4.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    30.00 MB left arrow 16.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Ivy Bridge EP left arrow Cezanne (Zen 3)
  • Technology
    22 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 2011 left arrow FP6
  • Release date
    Q3/2013 left arrow Q2/2021

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 and AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
665
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
1614
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
7023
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
9265
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

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