Intel Core i5-6500 vs Intel Xeon E5-2643

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

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Intel Xeon E5-2643

Price

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$ 103.63

$ 2053.37 significantly less expensive

$ 2157.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2289 points

2971 points

29% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4255 points

3% slightly better gaming score

4108 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1743 points

2620 points

50% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1675 points

2542 points

51% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.07 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

40.83 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3159 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2888 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1147 points

77% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

646 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3287 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2094 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1202 points

112% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

566 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

3.2 GHz

3.3 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

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

384 GiB

499% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

663rd of 1,089

542nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2012 February

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 i5-6500 vs Xeon E5-2643 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2643 beats the Core i5-6500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E5-2643 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2643 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6500. Despite this, the Core i5-6500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6500 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2643 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 i5-6500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.