Intel Core i5-3450 vs Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

Core i5-3450 vs Xeon E5-2420 v2 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2420 v2 is faster than the Core i5-3450. Despite this, the Core i5-3450 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2420 v2 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-3450 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3450. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-3450 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2420 v2. Also, the Core i5-3450 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3450 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2420 v2 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 i5-3450 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.