Intel Core i5-11260H vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3

Core i5-11260H vs Xeon E5-2680 v3 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11260H beats the Xeon E5-2680 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2680 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2680 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-11260H has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11260H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11260H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v3. Also, the Core i5-11260H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11260H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 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 i5-11260H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.