Xeon E5-2697 v2 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U
2022
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
10.70
+16.8%
Xeon E5-2697 v2
2013
12 cores / 24 threads, 130 Watt
9.16

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U outperforms Xeon E5-2697 v2 by a moderate 17% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U and Xeon E5-2697 v2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking738847
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.94
Market segmentLaptopServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon (Desktop)
Power efficiency66.256.54
Architecture codenameRembrandt-U PRO (Zen 3+) (2022)Ivy Bridge-EP (2013)
Release date19 April 2022 (2 years ago)1 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,723

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U and Xeon E5-2697 v2 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1224
Base clock speed2.9 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus rateno data8GT/s
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm22 nm
Die size208 mm2160 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C86 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U and Xeon E5-2697 v2 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
SocketFP7FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U and Xeon E5-2697 v2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsPRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHAIntel® AVX
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
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 PRO 6650U and Xeon E5-2697 v2 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 PRO 6650U and Xeon E5-2697 v2 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 PRO 6650U and Xeon E5-2697 v2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data768 GB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data59.7 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 660Mno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U and Xeon E5-2697 v2.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanes2040

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 PRO 6650U 10.70
+16.8%
Xeon E5-2697 v2 9.16

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 PRO 6650U 16673
+16.7%
Xeon E5-2697 v2 14281

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 1728
+211%
Xeon E5-2697 v2 555

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6614
+52.5%
Xeon E5-2697 v2 4336

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6062
+45.3%
Xeon E5-2697 v2 4173

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 32262
Xeon E5-2697 v2 34776
+7.8%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 11322
+28%
Xeon E5-2697 v2 8843

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 7.74
+59%
Xeon E5-2697 v2 12.31

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 16
Xeon E5-2697 v2 18
+8.7%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 1460
Xeon E5-2697 v2 1550
+6.2%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 233
+121%
Xeon E5-2697 v2 105

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 2.79
+123%
Xeon E5-2697 v2 1.25

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 5.5
Xeon E5-2697 v2 8.7
+58.2%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 86
+1.3%
Xeon E5-2697 v2 85

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 224
+36.1%
Xeon E5-2697 v2 165

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 5343
Xeon E5-2697 v2 7269
+36%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.70 9.16
Recency 19 April 2022 1 September 2013
Physical cores 6 12
Threads 12 24
Chip lithography 6 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 130 Watt

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U has a 16.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 266.7% more advanced lithography process, and 766.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2697 v2, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-2697 v2 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U is a notebook processor while Xeon E5-2697 v2 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U and Xeon E5-2697 v2, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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