Intel Core i5-1155G7 vs Intel Xeon E5-2420

Core i5-1155G7 vs Xeon E5-2420 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-1155G7 is faster than the Xeon E5-2420. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2420 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2420 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-1155G7. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2420 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-1155G7. It also has more threads than the Core i5-1155G7. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-1155G7 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2420. Also, the Core i5-1155G7 has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1155G7 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2420 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 i5-1155G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.