Intel Core i5-11600KF vs Intel Xeon Gold 6128

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon Scalable 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon Gold 6128

Price

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$ 208.31

$ 2.38 slightly less expensive

$ 210.69

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6657 points

6872 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9464 points

43% significantly better gaming score

6615 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5784 points

7015 points

21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5598 points

7122 points

27% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

151.30 points

27% slightly higher Blender score

118.73 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8483 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6014 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2086 points

74% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1194 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8630 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6063 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2226 points

88% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1178 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

14% slightly higher clock speed

3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

32% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

115 W

8% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

139% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

200% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

768 GiB

499% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

213th of 1,089

202nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5

Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-11600KF vs Xeon Gold 6128 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon Gold 6128 beats the Core i5-11600KF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-11600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6128. Also, the Core i5-11600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon Gold 6128 outputs less heat than Core i5-11600KF thanks to a slightly 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 i5-11600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.