Intel Core i5-4430 vs Intel Xeon E5-520

Core i5-4430 vs Xeon E5-520 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-520 beats the Core i5-4430 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4430 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4430 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-520. Also, the Core i5-4430 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-520 outputs less heat than Core i5-4430 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 i5-4430 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.