Intel Core i5-4460 vs Intel Xeon X5650

Core i5-4460 vs Xeon X5650 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon X5650 performs better than the Core i5-4460. Despite this, the Core i5-4460 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon X5650 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-4460 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4460. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4460 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5650. Also, the Core i5-4460 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4460 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5650 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon X5650 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-4460. The Xeon X5650 also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-4460 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.