Intel Core i5-10600 vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 12 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

5421 points
0.22% slightly better overall score
5409 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7561 points
41% slightly better gaming score
5325 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4735 points
5414 points
14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4578 points
5392 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

138.09 points
164.10 points
18% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6447 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6377 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1606 points
66% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
967 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6270 points
6701 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1624 points
60% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1012 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
84% significantly lower TDP
120 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

301st of 1,089
303rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-10600 vs Xeon E5-2678 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10600 is faster than the Xeon E5-2678 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2678 v3 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-10600. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10600. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10600. A Core i5-10600 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2678 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 i5-10600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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