Intel Core i5-11400H vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4

Core i5-11400H vs Xeon E5-2690 v4 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2690 v4 performs better than the Core i5-11400H. Despite this, the Core i5-11400H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-11400H that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11400H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690 v4. Also, the Core i5-11400H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11400H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 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 i5-11400H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.