Intel Core i5-13420H vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Core i5-13420H vs Xeon E5-2660 v4 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 is faster than the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-13420H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13420H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-13420H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2660 v4. Also, the Core i5-13420H has a significantly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13420H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon E5-2660 v4. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13420H.

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 i5-13420H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.