Intel Core i5-2500 vs Intel Xeon E5-2689

Core i5-2500 vs Xeon E5-2689 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2689 performs better than the Core i5-2500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2689 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-2500. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2689 has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-2500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2500. A Core i5-2500 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2689 CPU because of its 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 i5-2500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.