Intel Core i5-11600KF vs Intel Xeon Silver 4210R

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 208.31
$ 316.32 significantly less expensive
$ 524.63

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6657 points
6883 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9464 points
61% significantly better gaming score
5843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5784 points
7219 points
24% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5598 points
7294 points
30% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

151.30 points
163.91 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8630 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6126 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2226 points
104% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1087 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20
66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
62% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
53% significantly higher turbo speed
3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
100 W
25% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
48
139% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
6
200% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

213th of 1,089
199th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2020 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-11600KF vs Xeon Silver 4210R specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Silver 4210R is faster than the Core i5-11600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-11600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon Silver 4210R has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-11600KF that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11600KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Silver 4210R. Also, the Core i5-11600KF has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Xeon Silver 4210R 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.

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 i5-11600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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