Intel Core i5-6400T vs Intel Xeon L5520

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1487 points

1% slightly better overall score

1467 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2581 points

10% slightly better gaming score

2329 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1170 points

1208 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1126 points

1159 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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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

2.2 GHz

2.27 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.8 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

2.48 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

71% significantly lower TDP

60 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

144 GiB

125% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

812th of 1,089

818th 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 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-6400T vs Xeon L5520 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6400T beats the Xeon L5520 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon L5520 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon L5520 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon L5520 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6400T. Despite this, the Core i5-6400T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6400T CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon L5520 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 i5-6400T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.