Intel Core i5-5257U vs Intel Xeon X5450

Compare Intel 5th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1350 points
1492 points
10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2561 points
2733 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1022 points
1143 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

981 points
1098 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1676 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1348 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

900 points
111% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
426 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1788 points
59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1123 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

925 points
137% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
389 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
3.00 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

23 W
421% significantly lower TDP
120 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB
12 MiB
2299% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

856th of 1,089
810th of 1,089

Family

The product line

5th Generation Core i5
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February
2007 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Core i5-5257U vs Xeon X5450 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon X5450 performs better than the Core i5-5257U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-5257U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon X5450 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-5257U. Indeed, the Xeon X5450 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-5257U. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon X5450 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-5257U. A Core i5-5257U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5450 CPU because of its significantly 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 X5450 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-5257U

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. Indeed, the Core i5-5257U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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