Intel Core i5-6400 vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2

Price

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$ 99.99

$ 30.00

$ 69.99 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2127 points

2286 points

7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3959 points

9% slightly better gaming score

3603 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1617 points

1895 points

17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1551 points

1822 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

39.92 points

49.31 points

23% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2948 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2305 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1079 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

633 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3046 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2380 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1116 points

73% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

645 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

2.7 GHz

3.7 GHz

37% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz

3.9 GHz

18% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

100% significantly lower TDP

130 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

256 GiB

300% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

699th of 1,089

665th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-6400 vs Xeon E5-1620 v2 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-1620 v2 performs better than the Core i5-6400. Despite this, the Core i5-6400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6400. Also, the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6400 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1620 v2 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-6400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.