Intel Core i3-9300 vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

Core i3-9300 vs Xeon E5-2680 v2 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2680 v2 beats the Core i3-9300 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-9300 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2680 v2 has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i3-9300 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-9300. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-9300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v2. Also, the Core i3-9300 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-9300 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 v2 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 i3-9300 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.