Intel Core i5-10600K vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 209.95
$ 806.13 significantly less expensive
$ 1016.08

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5576 points
6682 points
19% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7752 points
24% slightly better gaming score
6240 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4881 points
6819 points
39% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4723 points
6860 points
45% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

134.52 points
200.70 points
49% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6883 points
7768 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1630 points
52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1069 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6842 points
8934 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1687 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1072 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
14
133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
28
133% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.1 GHz
57% significantly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
37% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
8% slightly lower TDP
135 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

287th of 1,089
211th 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 May
2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-10600K vs Xeon E5-2690 v4 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10600K is faster than the Xeon E5-2690 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2690 v4 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-10600K. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690 v4. Also, the Core i5-10600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10600K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 v4 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-10600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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