Intel Core i5-11500 vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Core i5-11500 vs Xeon E5-2697 v2 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11500 performs better than the Xeon E5-2697 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2697 v2 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-11500. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11500. In terms of clock speed, the Core i5-11500 and Xeon E5-2697 v2 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i5-11500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11500 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2697 v2 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 i5-11500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.