Intel Core i5-11400 vs Intel Xeon W3520

Core i5-11400 vs Xeon W3520 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11400 performs better than the Xeon W3520. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon W3520 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-11400 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Xeon W3520 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon W3520. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon W3520. Also, the Core i5-11400 has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11400 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W3520 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-11400 has significantly more L2 cache than the Xeon W3520. The Core i5-11400 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i5-11400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.