Intel Core i3-9100F vs Intel Xeon E5-2620

Core i3-9100F vs Xeon E5-2620 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2620 beats the Core i3-9100F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-9100F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2620 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-9100F. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2620 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-9100F. It also has more threads than the Core i3-9100F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-9100F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2620. Also, the Core i3-9100F has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-9100F CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2620 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i3-9100F has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.