Intel Core i3-7350K vs Intel Xeon E5-2640

Core i3-7350K vs Xeon E5-2640 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2640 beats the Core i3-7350K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7350K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2640 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i3-7350K that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-7350K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-7350K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2640. A Core i3-7350K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2640 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Xeon E5-2640 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-7350K. The Xeon E5-2640 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-7350K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.