Xeon E5-2667 v4 vs Ryzen 5 8500G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 8500G
2024
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
13.70
+58%
Xeon E5-2667 v4
2016
8 cores / 16 threads, 135 Watt
8.67

Ryzen 5 8500G outperforms Xeon E5-2667 v4 by an impressive 58% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon E5-2667 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking547881
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.53
Market segmentLaptopServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiency19.936.07
Architecture codenamePhoenix2 (2024)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229$2,057

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon E5-2667 v4 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed3.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed5 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplierno data32
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)25 MB
Chip lithography4 nm14 nm
Die size137 mm2246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data78 °C
Number of transistors20,900 million3200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon E5-2667 v4 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration12 (Multiprocessor)
SocketAM5FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt135 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon E5-2667 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data+
PAEno data46 Bit
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon E5-2667 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon E5-2667 v4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon E5-2667 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data1.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 740Mno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon E5-2667 v4.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanes1440

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 8500G 13.70
+58%
Xeon E5-2667 v4 8.67

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 8500G 21757
+58.1%
Xeon E5-2667 v4 13764

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.70 8.67
Recency 8 January 2024 20 June 2016
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Chip lithography 4 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 135 Watt

Ryzen 5 8500G has a 58% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 107.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2667 v4, on the other hand, has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

The Ryzen 5 8500G is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-2667 v4 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 8500G is a notebook processor while Xeon E5-2667 v4 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 8500G and Xeon E5-2667 v4, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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