Intel Core i5-2320 vs Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

Core i5-2320 vs Xeon E5-2420 v2 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2420 v2 beats the Core i5-2320 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2320 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2420 v2 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-2320. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2420 v2 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-2320. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2320. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2320 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2420 v2. Also, the Core i5-2320 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2420 v2 outputs less heat than Core i5-2320 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. For instance, the Core i5-2320 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.