Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs Intel Xeon W3580

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon W3580

Price

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$ 1918.00

$ 375.00

$ 1543.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1438 points

1617 points

12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2667 points

2977 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1096 points

1234 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1053 points

1184 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2685 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2417 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

970 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

607 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3.33 GHz

44% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz

3.6 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

188% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

166% significantly more supported memory

24 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

826th of 1,089

785th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2009 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-6300HQ vs Xeon W3580 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon W3580 performs better than the Core i5-6300HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6300HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon W3580 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon W3580 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6300HQ. Also, the Xeon W3580 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6300HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W3580 CPU because of its significantly 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 i5-6300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.