Intel Core i5-10400F vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3

Core i5-10400F vs Xeon E5-1620 v3 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-10400F performs better than the Xeon E5-1620 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1620 v3 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-10400F has significantly more cores than the Xeon E5-1620 v3. Indeed, the Core i5-10400F has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Xeon E5-1620 v3. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-1620 v3. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1620 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10400F. Despite this, the Core i5-10400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10400F CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1620 v3 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. Indeed, the Core i5-10400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.