Intel Core i5-10500H vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4357 points
4409 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6522 points
25% slightly better gaming score
5193 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3693 points
4156 points
12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3555 points
4086 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

88.96 points
127.64 points
43% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5095 points
5632 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1447 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1047 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20
66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
32% slightly higher turbo speed
3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
100% significantly lower TDP
90 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
40
150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

406th of 1,089
399th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 November
2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4-1600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-10500H vs Xeon E5-2640 v4 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-10500H beats the Xeon E5-2640 v4 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2640 v4 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2640 v4 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-10500H. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2640 v4 has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10500H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10500H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10500H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2640 v4. Also, the Core i5-10500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10500H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2640 v4 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-10500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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