Intel Core i5-11500 vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Compare Intel 11th 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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$ 199.00
$ 12.95 slightly less expensive
$ 211.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5262 points
6066 points
15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points
37% slightly better gaming score
5717 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4465 points
6174 points
38% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4309 points
6198 points
43% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.62 points
195.63 points
38% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7631 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6195 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1954 points
97% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
988 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7239 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6901 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2003 points
95% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1027 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

2.7 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
39% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
84% significantly lower TDP
120 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
40
100% 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

314th of 1,089
247th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-1600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-11500 vs Xeon E5-2680 v4 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 is faster than the Core i5-11500. Despite this, the Core i5-11500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-11500. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v4. Also, the Core i5-11500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11500 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 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 i5-11500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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